Unclear.

• Perhaps fromhuppa,huppo(“a type of hoodlike headwear; covering”) +‎-u. Compare dialectalhupussa,umpihupussa(“covered”) andhuppeluksissa(“under water”).
• Possibly derived throughcontamination with the wordshukkua(“to drown”),uppo(“under water”) andupota(“to sink”).
• Cognate withKarelianhuppu(“hood, covering”), though that may be a loan of the Finnish word.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhupːu/,[ˈhupːu]
• Rhymes:-upːu
• Hyphenation^(key):hup‧pu

huppu

1. hood(covering for the head; protective cover)[from 18th c.]
2. constructiontarp(used to temporarily cover a building for construction during winter or cold weather)
3. (slang)hoodie(foreskin)

• “huppu”, inVanhan kirjasuomen sanakirja [Dictionary of Old Literary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2021,→ISSN, retrieved2024-08-03.
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000),Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society,→ISBN

• “huppu”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved2023-07-02

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