Where does “haikeasti” come from?

haikeasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish haikea, from Proto-Finnic haikeda — sick, ill.

haikeasti (Finnish): wistfully, longingly; nostalgically;...

Definitions

  1. wistfully, longingly; nostalgically;...

Ancestry of “haikeasti”, step by step

haikeasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haikea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaikeawistful, longing; nostalgic; melancholic,...
2Proto-Finnichaikedasick, ill

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic haikeda →Every word from Finnish haikea →