Where does “repäisyviiva” come from?

repäisyviiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish repäisy, from Finnish repäistä, from Finnish repiä, from Proto-Finnic repidäk — to tear, to rip.

repäisyviiva (Finnish): tear line, tear-off line

Definitions

  1. tear line, tear-off line

Ancestry of “repäisyviiva”, step by step

repäisyviiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish repäisy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrepäisyripping or tearing off
2FinnishrepäistäTo suddenly rip something; To surprisingly do...
3FinnishrepiäTo tear, shred, rip
4Proto-Finnicrepidäkto tear, to rip

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic repidäk →