Where does “lempiä” come from?

lempiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lempi, from Finnish lempi, from Proto-Finnic lempi — ? flame,? spark,? warmth.

lempiä (Finnish): to make love; Partitive plural form of lempi

Definitions

  1. to make love; Partitive plural form of lempi

Ancestry of “lempiä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLempi(erotic) love
2Finnishlempilove; love-making, sex; As a very common former...
3Proto-Finniclempi? flame,? spark,? warmth

Words derived from “lempiä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic lempi →Every word from Finnish lempi →Every word from Finnish Lempi →