Where does “hiippari” come from?
hiippari (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiipata, from Finnish hiipiä, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
hiippari (Finnish): A sneak mean, sneaking fellow
Definitions
- A sneak mean, sneaking fellow
Ancestry of “hiippari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | hiipata | Synonym of hiippailla |
| 2 | Finnish | hiipiä | to sneak; to tiptoe; to creep |
| 3 | Finnish | -ia | Forms primarily transitive verbs describing... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -idak | applicative suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j- | — |