Where does “häipyvä” come from?

häipyvä (Finnish) comes from Finnish häipyä, from Finnish haipua, from Finnish -pua — Forms passive verbs.

häipyvä (Finnish): evanescent, vanishing, disappearing, transient,...

Definitions

  1. evanescent, vanishing, disappearing, transient,...

Ancestry of “häipyvä”, step by step

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 Finnish -pua →Every word from Finnish haipua →Every word from Finnish häipyä →