Where does “karusti” come from?

karusti (Finnish) comes from Finnish -sti, from Proto-Finnic -stik — Forms adverbs of manner from adjectives.

karusti (Finnish): barrenly, austerely, starkly, harshly, barely

Definitions

  1. barrenly, austerely, starkly, harshly, barely

Ancestry of “karusti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-stiForms adverbs describing how many times something...
2Proto-Finnic-stikForms adverbs of manner from adjectives
Every word from Proto-Finnic -stik →Every word from Finnish -sti →