Where does “älykäs” come from?

älykäs (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kas, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

älykäs (Finnish): intelligent

Definitions

  1. intelligent

Ancestry of “älykäs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-kas-y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many,...
2Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
3Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
4Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “älykäs”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -s →Every word from Finnish -kas →
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