Where does “tippukiviluola” come from?
tippukiviluola (Finnish) comes from Finnish tippukivi, from Finnish tippua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
tippukiviluola (Finnish): dripstone cave
Definitions
- dripstone cave
Ancestry of “tippukiviluola”, step by step
tippukiviluola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tippukivi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tippukivi | dripstone |
| 2 | Finnish | tippua | to drop; to drip |
| 3 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |
via Finnish luola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luola | cave; cavern; grotto |