Where does “alkoholiriippuvuus” come from?

alkoholiriippuvuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish riippuvuus, from Finnish riippuva, from Finnish riippua, from Proto-Finnic rippudak — to hang.

alkoholiriippuvuus (Finnish): alcohol addiction

Definitions

  1. alcohol addiction

Ancestry of “alkoholiriippuvuus”, step by step

alkoholiriippuvuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish riippuvuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriippuvuusdependence; addiction; dependency
2Finnishriippuvahanging; dependent; Present active participle of...
3FinnishriippuaTo hang, dangle, be suspended; To depend
4Proto-Finnicrippudakto hang

via Finnish alkoholi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkoholialcohol; alcoholic
Every word from Proto-Finnic rippudak →Every word from Finnish riippua →Every word from Finnish riippuva →