Where does “hankalasti” come from?

hankalasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish hankala, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

hankalasti (Finnish): laboriously, difficult (to)

Definitions

  1. laboriously, difficult (to)

Ancestry of “hankalasti”, step by step

hankalasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hankala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhankaladifficult, challenging; cumbersome, troublesome,...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -sEvery word from Finnish -läEvery word from Finnish -as