Where does “uteliaasti” come from?

uteliaasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish utelias, from Finnish udella, from Proto-Finnic uteldak, from Proto-Finno-Permic ute-.

uteliaasti (Finnish): curiously

Definitions

  1. curiously

Ancestry of “uteliaasti”, step by step

uteliaasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish utelias

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuteliascurious, inquisitive
2Finnishudellato ask questions about, to fish for information
3Proto-Finnicuteldak
4Proto-Finno-Permicute-

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic ute-Every word from Proto-Finnic uteldakEvery word from Finnish udella