Where does “riippuvaisuus” come from?
riippuvaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish riippuvainen, from Finnish riippuva, from Finnish riippua, from Proto-Finnic rippudak — to hang.
riippuvaisuus (Finnish): reliance
Ancestry of “riippuvaisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | riippuvainen | dependent |
| 2 | Finnish | riippuva | hanging; dependent; Present active participle of... |
| 3 | Finnish | riippua | To hang, dangle, be suspended; To depend |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | rippudak | to hang |