Where does “vitkainen” come from?

vitkainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish vitkaan, from Finnish vitka, from Finnish vitkastella, from Finnish -stella — Forms frequentative verbs.

Ancestry of “vitkainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvitkaanslowly; Illative singular form of vitka
2Finnishvitkainertia
3Finnishvitkastellato procrastinate
4Finnish-stellaForms frequentative verbs

Words derived from “vitkainen”

Every word from Finnish -stella →Every word from Finnish vitkaan →Every word from Finnish vitka →