Where does “rikosepäily” come from?

rikosepäily (Finnish) comes from Finnish epäily, from Finnish epäillä, from Finnish evätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

rikosepäily (Finnish): suspicion of crime, suspicion of criminal offence

Definitions

  1. suspicion of crime, suspicion of criminal offence

Ancestry of “rikosepäily”, step by step

rikosepäily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish epäily

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishepäilysuspicion
2Finnishepäilläto doubt, question, wonder, be skeptical about,...
3FinnishevätäTo deny somebody something, refuse to give...
4Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
5Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
6Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish rikos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikoscrime, offence/offense, criminality; ~" a...
2Finnishrikkoato break; to violate, breach; to offend, to...
3Proto-Finnicrikkodakto break; to ruin, to mar, to damage
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -tä →Every word from Finnish evätä →