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Where does “pysyvästi” come from?

pysyvästi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pysyvä, from Finnish pysyä, from Proto-Finnic püsüdäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic pise-.

pysyvästi (Finnish): permanently

Definitions

  1. permanently

Ancestry of “pysyvästi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpysyväpermanent; Present active participle of pysyä
2FinnishpysyäTo stay, remain; ~ = to hold , not come/fall...
3Proto-Finnicpüsüdäkto stay, to remain
4Proto-Finno-Permicpise-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pise- →