Where does “aistikkaasti” come from?

aistikkaasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish aistikas, from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.

aistikkaasti (Finnish): elegantly

Definitions

  1. elegantly

Ancestry of “aistikkaasti”, step by step

aistikkaasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aistikas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaistikastasteful, elegant
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →