Where does “epäily” come from?

epäily (Finnish) comes from Finnish epäillä, from Finnish evätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

epäily (Finnish): suspicion

Definitions

  1. suspicion

Ancestry of “epäily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishepäilläto doubt, question, wonder, be skeptical about,...
2FinnishevätäTo deny somebody something, refuse to give...
3Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

Words derived from “epäily”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -tä →Every word from Finnish evätä →