Where does “ahneesti” come from?

ahneesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish ahne, from Proto-Finnic ahneh, from Proto-Finnic ahnas, from Proto-Germanic agnaz.

ahneesti (Finnish): greedily

Definitions

  1. greedily

Ancestry of “ahneesti”, step by step

ahneesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ahne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishahnegreedy
2Proto-Finnicahnehgreedy
3Proto-Finnicahnasgreedy
4Proto-Germanicagnaz—

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Germanic agnaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic ahnas →Every word from Proto-Finnic ahneh →