Where does “laiskansitkeä” come from?

laiskansitkeä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sitkeä, from Proto-Finnic citkedä — tough, resilient.

laiskansitkeä (Finnish): lazy, lazyish

Definitions

  1. lazy, lazyish

Ancestry of “laiskansitkeä”, step by step

laiskansitkeä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sitkeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsitkeätough, chewy; resilient, hardy; persistent,...
2Proto-Finniccitkedätough, resilient

via Finnish läiskä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläiskäsplotch
Every word from Proto-Finnic citkedä →Every word from Finnish sitkeä →
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