Where does “hiipiä” come from?
hiipiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiipata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
hiipiä (Finnish): to sneak; to tiptoe; to creep
Definitions
- to sneak; to tiptoe; to creep
Ancestry of “hiipiä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | hiipata | Synonym of hiippailla |
| 2 | Finnish | -ätä | Front vowel variant of -ata |
| 3 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
Words derived from “hiipiä”