Where does “lopapeysa” come from?

lopapeysa (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic lopi — unspun wool.

lopapeysa (Icelandic): a knitted sweater made from unspun Icelandic wool

Definitions

  1. a knitted sweater made from unspun Icelandic wool

Ancestry of “lopapeysa”, step by step

lopapeysa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic lopi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandiclopiunspun wool

via Icelandic peysa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicpeysasweater, jersey
Every word from Icelandic lopi