Where does “leppüä” come from?

leppüä (Votic) comes from Finnish leppyä, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

leppüä (Votic): to calm down

Definitions

  1. to calm down

Ancestry of “leppüä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishleppyäTo relent; To stop being angry
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
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