Where does “kryptinen” come from?

kryptinen (Finnish) comes from Ancient Greek κρυπτικός, from Ancient Greek -τικός, from Ancient Greek -σις, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

kryptinen (Finnish): cryptic

Definitions

  1. cryptic

Ancestry of “kryptinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκρυπτικόςobscuring
2Ancient Greek-τικόςrelating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,...
3Ancient Greek-σιςAdded to verb stems to form abstract nouns or...
4Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
5Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “kryptinen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -τικός →Every word from Ancient Greek -σις →