Where does “risti-istunta” come from?
risti-istunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish Risti, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
risti-istunta (Finnish): sitting cross-legged
Ancestry of “risti-istunta”, step by step
risti-istunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Risti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Risti | cross |
| 2 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish istunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | istunta | sitting |
| 2 | Finnish | istua | to sit; to be a member in a board or similar; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | istudak | sit |