Where does “syöpymä” come from?

syöpymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syöpyä, from Finnish -pyä — Front vowel variant of -pua.

syöpymä (Finnish): spot of corrosion, corroded part

Definitions

  1. spot of corrosion, corroded part

Ancestry of “syöpymä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöpyäto be eaten (away) not of actual eating, e.g. not of food being eaten
2Finnish-pyäFront vowel variant of -pua
Every word from Finnish -pyä →Every word from Finnish syöpyä →