Where does “jännerepeämä” come from?

jännerepeämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish repeämä, from Finnish revetä, from Finnish repiä, from Proto-Finnic repidäk — to tear, to rip.

jännerepeämä (Finnish): tendon rupture condition in which a tendon separates in whole or in part from tissue to which it is attached, or is itself torn or otherwise divided in whole or in part

Definitions

  1. tendon rupture condition in which a tendon separates in whole or in part from tissue to which it is attached, or is itself torn or otherwise divided in whole or in part

Ancestry of “jännerepeämä”, step by step

jännerepeämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish repeämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrepeämätear, crack, rift, rupture
2Finnishrevetäto rupture, rip, tear; to burst out laughing
3FinnishrepiäTo tear, shred, rip
4Proto-Finnicrepidäkto tear, to rip

via Finnish jänne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjännetendon, sinew; bowstring, string; chord
2Proto-Finnicjändekbowstring
3Proto-Uralicjäntestring
Every word from Proto-Finnic repidäk →Every word from Finnish repiä →Every word from Finnish revetä →