Where does “kärttyisästi” come from?

kärttyisästi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärttyisä, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

kärttyisästi (Finnish): crankily

Definitions

  1. crankily

Ancestry of “kärttyisästi”, step by step

kärttyisästi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärttyisä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärttyisäcranky, grouchy, irritable, cantankerous
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uEvery word from Finnish -uEvery word from Finnish kärttyisä