Where does “kaarevasti” come from?

kaarevasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaareva, from Finnish kaari, from Proto-Finnic kaari, from Proto-Uralic këŋere — curved thing.

kaarevasti (Finnish): in a curved or bent manner

Definitions

  1. in a curved or bent manner

Ancestry of “kaarevasti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaarevabent, curved; not straight
2Finnishkaaricurve; bow; arch
3Proto-Finnickaaricurve
4Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing
Every word from Proto-Uralic këŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaari →Every word from Finnish kaari →