Where does “pöllösti” come from?

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

pöllösti (Finnish): in a crazy or silly way

Definitions

  1. in a crazy or silly way

Ancestry of “pöllösti”, 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 →