Where does “pätevästi” come from?

pätevästi (Finnish) comes from Finnish -sti, from Proto-Finnic -stik — Forms adverbs of manner from adjectives.

pätevästi (Finnish): competently, qualifiedly, adeptly

Definitions

  1. competently, qualifiedly, adeptly

Ancestry of “pätevästi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-stiForms adverbs describing how many times something...
2Proto-Finnic-stikForms adverbs of manner from adjectives
Every word from Proto-Finnic -stik →Every word from Finnish -sti →