Where does “ylpeys” come from?

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

ylpeys (Finnish): pride

Definitions

  1. pride

Ancestry of “ylpeys”, step by step

ylpeys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylpeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylpeäproud
2Proto-Finnicülpedäproud, arrogant

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “ylpeys

Every word from Proto-Finnic ülpedäEvery word from Finnish ylpeä
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