Where does “pehmeästi” come from?

pehmeästi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pehmeä, from Proto-Finnic pehmedä — soft.

pehmeästi (Finnish): softly

Definitions

  1. softly

Ancestry of “pehmeästi”, step by step

pehmeästi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pehmeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpehmeäsoft; silky; smooth
2Proto-Finnicpehmedäsoft

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti
Every word from Proto-Finnic pehmedäEvery word from Finnish pehmeä