Where does “räpellys” come from?

räpellys (Finnish) comes from Finnish räpeltää, from Finnish -eltää, from Finnish -ellä — Front vowel variant of -ella.

räpellys (Finnish): fumbling, botching doing something badly or clumsily

Definitions

  1. fumbling, botching doing something badly or clumsily

Ancestry of “räpellys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräpeltääto fumble, botch do something badly or clumsily
2Finnish-eltääFront vowel variant of -eltaa
3Finnish-elläFront vowel variant of -ella
Every word from Finnish -ellä →Every word from Finnish -eltää →Every word from Finnish räpeltää →