Where does “karaisu” come from?

karaisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish karaista, from Finnish käristä, from Finnish -ista — Forms frequentative verbs.

karaisu (Finnish): becoming hardened, becoming tougher, toughening up of character, personality, etc

Definitions

  1. becoming hardened, becoming tougher, toughening up of character, personality, etc

Ancestry of “karaisu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaraistato harden, to toughen up character, personality, etc
2Finnishkäristäto crackle; Indicative present connegative form...
3Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs
Every word from Finnish -ista →Every word from Finnish käristä →Every word from Finnish karaista →
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