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Where does “ylpeily” come from?

ylpeily (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylpeillä, from Finnish ylpeä, from Proto-Finnic ülpedä.

ylpeily (Finnish): boasting

Definitions

  1. boasting

Ancestry of “ylpeily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylpeilläto boast; to pride oneself on or upon something
2Finnishylpeäproud
3Proto-Finnicülpedä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic ülpedä →