Where does “repeillä” come from?

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

repeillä (Finnish): to tear

Definitions

  1. to tear

Ancestry of “repeillä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrevetäto rupture, rip, tear; to burst out laughing
2FinnishrepiäTo tear, shred, rip
3Proto-Finnicrepidäkto tear, to rip
Every word from Proto-Finnic repidäk →Every word from Finnish repiä →Every word from Finnish revetä →