Where does “huumeriippuvuus” come from?

huumeriippuvuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish riippuvuus, from Finnish riippuva, from Finnish riippua, from Proto-Finnic rippudak — to hang.

huumeriippuvuus (Finnish): drug addiction

Definitions

  1. drug addiction

Ancestry of “huumeriippuvuus”, step by step

huumeriippuvuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish riippuvuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriippuvuusdependence; addiction; dependency
2Finnishriippuvahanging; dependent; Present active participle of...
3FinnishriippuaTo hang, dangle, be suspended; To depend
4Proto-Finnicrippudakto hang

via Finnish huume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuumedrug, narcotic
2Finnishhuumatato stun, daze; to drug, dope, intoxicate, turn...
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