Where does “herkkäuskoisesti” come from?

herkkäuskoisesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish herkkäuskoinen, from Finnish herkkä, from Proto-Finnic herkkä — sensitive, delicate.

herkkäuskoisesti (Finnish): gullibly

Definitions

  1. gullibly

Ancestry of “herkkäuskoisesti”, step by step

herkkäuskoisesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish herkkäuskoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishherkkäuskoinengullible
2Finnishherkkädelicate, vulnerable; physically sensitive,...
3Proto-Finnicherkkäsensitive, delicate

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic herkkä →Every word from Finnish herkkä →Every word from Finnish herkkäuskoinen →