Where does “kitsahtava” come from?

kitsahtava (Finnish) comes from Finnish kitsi, from German Kitsch, from German kitschen — to smear; to coat, to smear.

kitsahtava (Finnish): kitschy, corny, chintzy of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar

Definitions

  1. kitschy, corny, chintzy of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar

Ancestry of “kitsahtava”, step by step

kitsahtava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkitsikitsch
2GermanKitschkitsch
3Germankitschento smear; to coat, to smear

via Finnish ahtava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishahtavaEsse, A former municipality (until 1977) in Finland
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