Where does “kirkkaasti” come from?

kirkkaasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirkas, from Proto-Finnic kirk'as — bright.

kirkkaasti (Finnish): brightly

Definitions

  1. brightly

Ancestry of “kirkkaasti”, step by step

kirkkaasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirkas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirkasbright; broad, especially of daylight; clear
2Proto-Finnickirk'asbright

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kirk'as →Every word from Finnish kirkas →
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