Where does “ripitys” come from?

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

ripitys (Finnish): confessing, shriving hearing or receiving a confession

Definitions

  1. confessing, shriving hearing or receiving a confession

Ancestry of “ripitys”, 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- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →