köken: Borrowed from Russian весть (vestʹ), from Proto-Slavic *věstь. Adopted into standard Finnish in the 19th century, probably facilitated by the 1849 edition of the Kalevala.
an express messenger, especially one using relay horses · relay, relay race (competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action) · baton (object transferred between members of a team in a relay race)
çekim: çoğul staféták
köken: Borrowed from Italian staffetta (“courier; relay race; relay team”), also via German Stafette (“courier; relay race”). Chiefly introduced via military jargon. First attested in 1697.