Where does “rupinenä” come from?

rupinenä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian nenä, from Proto-Finnic nenä — nose.

rupinenä (Ingrian): A term used among children to mock each other: pizza face

Definitions

  1. A term used among children to mock each other: pizza face

Ancestry of “rupinenä”, step by step

rupinenä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriannenänose; edge, cutting edge
2Proto-Finnicnenänose

via Ingrian rupi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianrupiscab
Every word from Proto-Finnic nenä →Every word from Ingrian nenä →