Where does “kiiruusti” come from?

kiiruusti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiiru, from Proto-Finnic kiireh — hurry, haste.

kiiruusti (Finnish): hurriedly

Definitions

  1. hurriedly

Ancestry of “kiiruusti”, step by step

kiiruusti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiiru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiiruhurry, haste
2Proto-Finnickiirehhurry, haste

via Finnish sti

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