Where does “kirjavasti” come from?

kirjavasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjava, from Finnish -va, from Proto-Finnic -pa, from Proto-Uralic -pa.

kirjavasti (Finnish): colorfully, iridescently

Definitions

  1. colorfully, iridescently

Ancestry of “kirjavasti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjavacolorful, colored, mottled, iridescent,...
2Finnish-vaForms the present active participle of a verb,...
3Proto-Finnic-pa-ing; forms the present participle, which is...
4Proto-Uralic-pa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -pa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -pa →Every word from Finnish -va →