Where does “kavalasti” come from?

kavalasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kavala, from Proto-Finnic kavala — treacherous, cunning, sly.

kavalasti (Finnish): treacherously

Definitions

  1. treacherously

Ancestry of “kavalasti”, step by step

kavalasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kavala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkavalatreacherous
2Proto-Finnickavalatreacherous, cunning, sly

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kavala →Every word from Finnish kavala →