Where does “kärjistys” come from?

kärjistys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärjistää, from Finnish kärki, from Proto-Finnic kärki, from Proto-Finno-Permic kärke.

kärjistys (Finnish): oversimplification, rhetoric (especially using pointed remarks), exaggeration through overgeneralization

Definitions

  1. oversimplification, rhetoric (especially using pointed remarks), exaggeration through overgeneralization

Ancestry of “kärjistys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkärjistääTo exaggerate by generalising/generalizing
2Finnishkärkipoint, tip, cusp; lead; vertex
3Proto-Finnickärkiblack woodpecker
4Proto-Finno-Permickärke—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kärke →Every word from Proto-Finnic kärki →Every word from Finnish kärki →