Where does “hiippailu” come from?

hiippailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiippailla, from Finnish hiipata, from Finnish hiipiä, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

hiippailu (Finnish): sneaking or tiptoeing around

Definitions

  1. sneaking or tiptoeing around

Ancestry of “hiippailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiippaillaTo sneak; To tiptoe
2FinnishhiipataSynonym of hiippailla
3Finnishhiipiäto sneak; to tiptoe; to creep
4Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
5Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
6Proto-Uralic-j-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →