Where does “ylöstempaus” come from?

ylöstempaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tempaus, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

ylöstempaus (Finnish): The Rapture

Definitions

  1. The Rapture

Ancestry of “ylöstempaus”, step by step

ylöstempaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tempaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtempausAn act of snatching, yanking or jerking; snatch;...
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish ylös

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylösup, upward
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish tempaus →