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
Ancestry of “huumeriippuvuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | riippuvuus | dependence; addiction; dependency |
| 2 | Finnish | riippuva | hanging; dependent; Present active participle of... |
| 3 | Finnish | riippua | To hang, dangle, be suspended; To depend |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | rippudak | to hang |