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Where does “Lapsa” come from?

Lapsa (Latvian) comes from Latvian lapsa, from Latvian lapesa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lap-.

Ancestry of “Lapsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianlapsafox; fox, old fox
2Latvianlapesa—
3Proto-Balto-Slaviclap-—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lap- →