Where does “haperrus” come from?

haperrus (Finnish) comes from Finnish hapertaa, from Finnish hapera, from Finnish haprea, from Finnish hauras, from Proto-Finnic hapras — brittle, fragile, weak.

haperrus (Finnish): making brittle, weakening

Definitions

  1. making brittle, weakening

Ancestry of “haperrus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhapertaato make brittle, to weaken
2Finnishhaperabrittle
3Finnishhaprea—
4Finnishhaurasbrittle, fragile, frail, friable, crumbly,...
5Proto-Finnichaprasbrittle, fragile, weak
Every word from Proto-Finnic hapras →Every word from Finnish hauras →Every word from Finnish haprea →