Where does “loppurepeämä” come from?
loppurepeämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish repeämä, from Finnish revetä, from Finnish repiä, from Proto-Finnic repidäk — to tear, to rip.
loppurepeämä (Finnish): Big Rip
Ancestry of “loppurepeämä”, step by step
loppurepeämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish repeämä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | repeämä | tear, crack, rift, rupture |
| 2 | Finnish | revetä | to rupture, rip, tear; to burst out laughing |
| 3 | Finnish | repiä | To tear, shred, rip |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | repidäk | to tear, to rip |
via Finnish loppu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | loppu | end, ending, finish, conclusion; The End; the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | loppu | end, ending |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | loppi | (inside) corner |