Where does “reväistä” come from?

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

reväistä (Finnish): To suddenly rip something

Definitions

  1. To suddenly rip something

Ancestry of “reväistä”, step by step

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