Where does “liipaisinherkkä” come from?
liipaisinherkkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish liipaisin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
liipaisinherkkä (Finnish): trigger-happy
Ancestry of “liipaisinherkkä”, step by step
liipaisinherkkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liipaisin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liipaisin | trigger; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish herkkä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | herkkä | delicate, vulnerable; physically sensitive,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | herkkä | sensitive, delicate |