Where does “rivakasti” come from?

rivakasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish rivakka, from Finnish akka, from Proto-Finnic akka — old woman.

rivakasti (Finnish): briskly

Definitions

  1. briskly

Ancestry of “rivakasti”, step by step

rivakasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rivakka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrivakkabrisk
2Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
3Proto-Finnicakkaold woman

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic akka →Every word from Finnish akka →Every word from Finnish rivakka →