Where does “fiksusti” come from?

fiksusti (Finnish) comes from Finnish fiksu, from Swedish fix, from German fix, from French fixe, from Middle French fixe, from Old French fix, from Latin fīxus, from Latin fīgō — to insert; to fasten.

fiksusti (Finnish): wisely, cleverly, smartly

Definitions

  1. wisely, cleverly, smartly

Ancestry of “fiksusti”, step by step

fiksusti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish fiksu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfiksuclever, smart, sharp, bright
2Swedishfixfixed, inflexible, rigid; a fix, a dose of an...
3Germanfixfixed; quick; smart
4Frenchfixefixed; first-person singular present indicative...
5Middle Frenchfixefixed
6Old Frenchfixinflection of fil: ## oblique plural ##...
7Latinfīxusunwavering
8Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
9Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →Every word from Latin fīgō →Every word from Latin fīxus →