Where does “leikisti” come from?

leikisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish leikki, from Old Swedish leker.

leikisti (Finnish): not seriously; pretending something

Definitions

  1. not seriously; pretending something

Ancestry of “leikisti”, step by step

leikisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Old Swedish leker →Every word from Finnish leikki →