Where does “haristua” come from?

haristua (Finnish) comes from Finnish haristaa, from Finnish hara, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

haristua (Finnish): to deteriorate, to come apart

Definitions

  1. to deteriorate, to come apart

Ancestry of “haristua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharistaato spread apart
2Finnishharaharrow
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →