Where does “harvasti” come from?

harvasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish harva, from Proto-Finnic harva, from Proto-Finno-Ugric šorwa.

harvasti (Finnish): sparsely

Definitions

  1. sparsely

Ancestry of “harvasti”, step by step

harvasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharvainfrequent, sparse; thin; loose
2Proto-Finnicharvasparse
3Proto-Finno-Ugricšorwa—

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric šorwa →Every word from Proto-Finnic harva →Every word from Finnish harva →