Where does “jäntevästi” come from?

jäntevästi (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäntevä, from Finnish jänne, from Proto-Finnic jändek, from Proto-Uralic jänte — string.

jäntevästi (Finnish): wirily, flexibly, in a sinewy manner

Definitions

  1. wirily, flexibly, in a sinewy manner

Ancestry of “jäntevästi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjänteväsinewy; flexible; wiry
2Finnishjännetendon, sinew; bowstring, string; chord
3Proto-Finnicjändekbowstring
4Proto-Uralicjäntestring
Every word from Proto-Uralic jänte →Every word from Proto-Finnic jändek →Every word from Finnish jänne →