Where does “epäilys” come from?
epäilys (Finnish) comes from Finnish epäillä, from Finnish evätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
epäilys (Finnish): suspicion
Definitions
- suspicion
Ancestry of “epäilys”, step by step
epäilys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish epäillä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |