Where does “kofeiiniriippuvuus” come from?

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

kofeiiniriippuvuus (Finnish): caffeine addiction

Definitions

  1. caffeine addiction

Ancestry of “kofeiiniriippuvuus”, step by step

kofeiiniriippuvuus 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 kofeiini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkofeiinicaffeine
Every word from Proto-Finnic rippudak →Every word from Finnish riippua →Every word from Finnish riippuva →