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Where does “repäistä” come from?

repäistä (Finnish) comes from Finnish repiä, from Proto-Finnic repidäk.

repäistä (Finnish): To suddenly rip something; To surprisingly do...

Definitions

  1. To suddenly rip something; To surprisingly do...

Ancestry of “repäistä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrepiäTo tear, shred, rip
2Proto-Finnicrepidäk—

Words derived from “repäistä”

  • repäisykorkki
  • repäisy
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