Where does “haudanhäpäisy” come from?
haudanhäpäisy (Finnish) comes from Finnish häpäisy, from Finnish häväistä, from Finnish häpeä, from Proto-Finnic häpedä — shame.
haudanhäpäisy (Finnish): desecration of grave
Ancestry of “haudanhäpäisy”, step by step
haudanhäpäisy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish häpäisy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | häpäisy | desecration |
| 2 | Finnish | häväistä | to disgrace, dishonour/dishonor; to defame,... |
| 3 | Finnish | häpeä | shame; a shameful thing; inflection of hävetä:
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| 4 | Proto-Finnic | häpedä | shame |
via Finnish hauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hauta | grave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sauþaz | boiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |