Where does “repeillä” come from?
repeillä (Finnish) comes from Finnish revetä, from Finnish repiä, from Proto-Finnic repidäk.
repeillä (Finnish): to tear
Ancestry of “repeillä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | revetä | to rupture, rip, tear; to burst out laughing |
| 2 | Finnish | repiä | To tear, shred, rip |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | repidäk | — |