Where does “repeämä” come from?

repeämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish revetä, from Finnish repiä, from Proto-Finnic repidäk — to tear, to rip.

repeämä (Finnish): tear, crack, rift, rupture

Definitions

  1. tear, crack, rift, rupture

Ancestry of “repeämä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrevetäto rupture, rip, tear; to burst out laughing
2FinnishrepiäTo tear, shred, rip
3Proto-Finnicrepidäkto tear, to rip

Words derived from “repeämä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic repidäk →Every word from Finnish repiä →Every word from Finnish revetä →