Where does “leppoisasti” come from?

leppoisasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish leppoisa, from Finnish leppeä, from Finnish leppyä, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

leppoisasti (Finnish): mildly, placidly, gently

Definitions

  1. mildly, placidly, gently

Ancestry of “leppoisasti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleppoisamild, placid, gentle; jovial
2Finnishleppeäbalmy
3FinnishleppyäTo relent; To stop being angry
4Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk
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