Where does “kangistua” come from?

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

kangistua (Finnish): to stiffen

Definitions

  1. to stiffen

Ancestry of “kangistua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkangistaato stiffen
2Finnishkankeastiff; awkward, clumsy; Partitive singular form...
3Proto-Finnickankedastiff

Words derived from “kangistua”

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