Where does “karistus” come from?

karistus (Finnish) comes from Finnish käristää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

karistus (Finnish): shaking (something) off

Definitions

  1. shaking (something) off

Ancestry of “karistus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäristääto sauté
2FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
3Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
4Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
5Proto-Uralictakaa place behind
Every word from Proto-Uralic taka →Every word from Proto-Finnic taka →Every word from Finnish taka →