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.
epäily (Finnish): suspicion
Ancestry of “epäily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | epäillä | to doubt, question, wonder, be skeptical about,... |
| 2 | Finnish | evätä | To deny somebody something, refuse to give... |
| 3 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | |