Where does “parhaisto” come from?

parhaisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish paras, from Proto-Finnic paras, from Proto-Finno-Permic para — good.

Ancestry of “parhaisto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparassuperlative degree of hyvä; best
2Proto-Finnicparassuperlative degree of *hüvä
3Proto-Finno-Permicparagood
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic para →Every word from Proto-Finnic paras →Every word from Finnish paras →
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