Where does “akuutisti” come from?

akuutisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish akuutti, from Latin acūta, from Latin acūtus, from Latin acuō, from Latin acus, from Proto-Italic akus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

akuutisti (Finnish): acutely

Definitions

  1. acutely

Ancestry of “akuutisti”, step by step

akuutisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish akuutti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakuuttiacute; acute, acute accent
2Latinacūta
3Latinacūtussharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened
4Latinacuōto make pointed, sharpen, whet
5Latinacusa needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff
6Proto-Italicakus
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱus
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱusEvery word from Proto-Italic akus