Where does “sitkeästi” come from?

sitkeästi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sitkeä, from Proto-Finnic citkedä — tough, resilient.

sitkeästi (Finnish): resiliently

Definitions

  1. resiliently

Ancestry of “sitkeästi”, step by step

sitkeästi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sitkeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsitkeätough, chewy; resilient, hardy; persistent,...
2Proto-Finniccitkedätough, resilient

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic citkedä →Every word from Finnish sitkeä →