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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

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