Where does “pahoittelu” come from?
pahoittelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pahoitella, from Finnish pahoittaa, from Finnish paha, from Proto-Finnic paha, from Proto-Finnic paša, from Czech pást, from Proto-Slavic pastь, from Proto-Slavic pastì — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
pahoittelu (Finnish): An apology; A regret
Ancestry of “pahoittelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pahoitella | To regret |
| 2 | Finnish | pahoittaa | to hurt; only used in the idiomatic expressions... |
| 3 | Finnish | paha | bad, ill; evil; difficult, hard, tricky |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | paha | bad, evil, unkind |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | paša | — |
| 6 | Czech | pást | to graze, to pasture |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | pastь | fall, attack; trench, trap; mouth, throat |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | pastì | — |
| 9 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pṓˀstei | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pēd- | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |