Where does “juosten kustu” come from?

juosten kustu (Finnish) comes from Finnish juosta, from Proto-Finnic joostak, from Proto-Uralic jokse-.

juosten kustu (Finnish): jerry-built, half-assed, shoddy

Definitions

  1. jerry-built, half-assed, shoddy

Ancestry of “juosten kustu”, step by step

juosten kustu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juosta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuostato run; to flow
2Proto-Finnicjoostakto run, to flow
3Proto-Uralicjokse-—

via Finnish kusta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkustato piss, slash, whizz; to fuck up, botch; "~...
2Proto-Finnickustakto urinate
3Proto-Uralickuńśeant; urine; star
Every word from Proto-Uralic jokse- →Every word from Proto-Finnic joostak →Every word from Finnish juosta →