Where does “kangistaa” come from?

kangistaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kankea, from Proto-Finnic kankeda — stiff.

kangistaa (Finnish): to stiffen

Definitions

  1. to stiffen

Ancestry of “kangistaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkankeastiff; awkward, clumsy; Partitive singular form...
2Proto-Finnickankedastiff

Words derived from “kangistaa”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kankeda →Every word from Finnish kankea →
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