Where does “häipymä” come from?

häipymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

häipymä (Finnish): fading

Definitions

  1. fading

Ancestry of “häipymä”, step by step

häipymä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

via Finnish häipyä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäipyäto disappear, vanish visibly of something visible: to gradually get less visible or clear
2Finnishhaipuato fade away
3Finnish-puaForms passive verbs
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →