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Where does “lipeä” come from?

lipeä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic lipeda — slippery.

lipeä (Finnish): lye; slippery

Definitions

  1. lye; slippery

Ancestry of “lipeä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finniclipedaslippery

Words derived from “lipeä”

  • lipeäkivi
  • livetä
  • live
Every word from Proto-Finnic lipeda →