Where does “Laplainnis” come from?
Laplainnis (Irish) comes from Irish Laplainn, from English Lapland, from English Lapp, from Swedish läpp, from Old Swedish lapper, from Finnish lappalainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji.
Laplainnis (Irish): Sami, Lapp, Lappish language
Definitions
- Sami, Lapp, Lappish language
Ancestry of “Laplainnis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | Laplainn | Lapland, Saamiland, Samiland, Sápmi |
| 2 | English | Lapland | The northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola Peninsula in Russia, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people |
| 3 | English | Lapp | An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the... |
| 4 | Swedish | läpp | lip |
| 5 | Old Swedish | lapper | — |
| 6 | Finnish | lappalainen | A Sami |
| 7 | Finnish | -läinen | Front vowel variant of -lainen |
| 8 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 9 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 11 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 13 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 14 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 15 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |