Where does “vitkailla” come from?
vitkailla (Finnish) comes from Finnish vitkaan, from Finnish vitka, from Finnish vitkastella, from Finnish -stella — Forms frequentative verbs.
Ancestry of “vitkailla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vitkaan | slowly; Illative singular form of vitka |
| 2 | Finnish | vitka | inertia |
| 3 | Finnish | vitkastella | to procrastinate |
| 4 | Finnish | -stella | Forms frequentative verbs |