Where does “räpse” come from?

räpse (Finnish) comes from Finnish räpsiä, from Finnish -iä, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

räpse (Finnish): snapping

Definitions

  1. snapping

Ancestry of “räpse”, step by step

räpse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish räpsiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräpsiäto snap
2Finnish-iäy forms abstract nouns from Latin or Greek roots
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iaEvery word from Latin -ius