Where does “leppoistaa” come from?

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

leppoistaa (Finnish): to downshift change one’s career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding

Definitions

  1. to downshift change one’s career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding

Ancestry of “leppoistaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleppoinen
2Finnishleppeäbalmy
3FinnishleppyäTo relent; To stop being angry
4Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

Words derived from “leppoistaa

Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk