Where does “perkeleesti” come from?

perkeleesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish perkele, from Proto-Finnic perkeleh — evil spirit?.

perkeleesti (Finnish): An intensifier

Definitions

  1. An intensifier

Ancestry of “perkeleesti”, step by step

perkeleesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perkele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishperkeleThe Devil, Satan; also Perkele; devil; A swear...
2Proto-Finnicperkelehevil spirit?

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic perkeleh →Every word from Finnish perkele →