Where does “vastike” come from?

vastike (Finnish) comes from Finnish vastata, from Proto-Finnic vastat'ak — to answer, to reply.

vastike (Finnish): substitute; compensation, quid pro quo; dues

Definitions

  1. substitute; compensation, quid pro quo; dues

Ancestry of “vastike”, step by step

vastike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vastata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvastatato answer, to reply; to respond
2Proto-Finnicvastat'akto answer, to reply

via Finnish ike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishike—

Words derived from “vastike”

Every word from Proto-Finnic vastat'ak →Every word from Finnish vastata →