Where does “lapka” come from?

lapka (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lepke, from Proto-Uralic lüppe — butterfly.

lapka (Hungarian): chip

Definitions

  1. chip

Ancestry of “lapka”, step by step

lapka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian lepke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlepkebutterfly; moth
2Proto-Uraliclüppebutterfly

via Hungarian láp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlápmoor
2Proto-Uralicläppäspleen

Words derived from “lapka

Every word from Proto-Uralic lüppeEvery word from Hungarian lepke