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Where does “ripittäytyä” come from?

ripittäytyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ripittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

ripittäytyä (Finnish): To confess oneself

Definitions

  1. To confess oneself

Ancestry of “ripittäytyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishripittääto shrive
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →