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Where does “kiiresti” come from?

kiiresti (Estonian) comes from Estonian kiire, from Proto-Finnic kiireh — hurry, haste.

kiiresti (Estonian): quickly

Definitions

  1. quickly

Ancestry of “kiiresti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankiirefast; hurry, haste; rush
2Proto-Finnickiirehhurry, haste
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