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

Definitions

  1. reliance

Ancestry of “riippuvaisuus”, step by step

riippuvaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish riippuvainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriippuvainendependent
2Finnishriippuvahanging; dependent; Present active participle of...
3FinnishriippuaTo hang, dangle, be suspended; To depend
4Proto-Finnicrippudakto hang

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic rippudak →Every word from Finnish riippua →Every word from Finnish riippuva →