Where does “hyvästellä” come from?
hyvästellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hyvästi, from Finnish -sti, from Proto-Finnic -stik.
hyvästellä (Finnish): to say goodbye to, take one's leave, take leave
Definitions
- to say goodbye to, take one's leave, take leave
Ancestry of “hyvästellä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | hyvästi | farewell, goodbye; farewell; well |
| 2 | Finnish | -sti | Forms adverbs describing how many times something... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -stik | — |