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Where does “leppyä” come from?

leppyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.

leppyä (Finnish): To relent; To stop being angry

Definitions

  1. To relent; To stop being angry

Ancestry of “leppyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
2Proto-Finnic-üdäk—

Words derived from “leppyä”

  • leppymättömästi
  • leppymättömyys
  • leppymätön
  • lepyttää
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