Where does “repijä” come from?

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

repijä (Finnish): tearer, ripper, shredder, rooter, scarifier

Definitions

  1. tearer, ripper, shredder, rooter, scarifier

Ancestry of “repijä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrepiäTo tear, shred, rip
2Proto-Finnicrepidäkto tear, to rip
Every word from Proto-Finnic repidäk →Every word from Finnish repiä →