Where does “osaavasti” come from?

osaavasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish osaava, from Finnish osata, from Proto-Finnic osat'ak.

osaavasti (Finnish): skillfully

Definitions

  1. skillfully

Ancestry of “osaavasti”, step by step

osaavasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish osaava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosaavacompetent, adept, skillful
2Finnishosatato know how (to do something), can (do something)
3Proto-Finnicosat'ak—

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic osat'ak →Every word from Finnish osata →Every word from Finnish osaava →