Where does “ylpeilijä” come from?

ylpeilijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylpeillä, from Finnish ylpeä, from Proto-Finnic ülpedä — proud, arrogant.

ylpeilijä (Finnish): boaster, proud person

Definitions

  1. boaster, proud person

Ancestry of “ylpeilijä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylpeilläto boast; to pride oneself on or upon something
2Finnishylpeäproud
3Proto-Finnicülpedäproud, arrogant
Every word from Proto-Finnic ülpedä →Every word from Finnish ylpeä →Every word from Finnish ylpeillä →
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