Where does “kierosti” come from?

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

kierosti (Finnish): crookedly, twistedly

Definitions

  1. crookedly, twistedly

Ancestry of “kierosti”, 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 →
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