Where does “typpiryhmä” come from?

typpiryhmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish typpi, from Finnish typehtyä — to be extinguished.

typpiryhmä (Finnish): nitrogen group

Definitions

  1. nitrogen group

Ancestry of “typpiryhmä”, step by step

typpiryhmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish typpi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyppinitrogen
2Finnishtypehtyäto be extinguished

via Finnish ryhmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryhmägroup; team; squad
2Proto-Finnicrühmägroup
Every word from Finnish typehtyä →Every word from Finnish typpi →