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Where does “kipeä” come from?

kipeä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic kipedä — sore, painful, aching.

kipeä (Finnish): ill, sick; sore, aching, painful; very good

Definitions

  1. ill, sick; sore, aching, painful; very good

Ancestry of “kipeä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickipedäsore, painful, aching

Words derived from “kipeä”

  • kipeytyä
  • kipeästi
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