Where does “näpäkästi” come from?

näpäkästi (Finnish) comes from Finnish näpäkkä, from Finnish navakka, from Finnish -kka, from Proto-Finnic -kka — Forms diminutive nouns.

näpäkästi (Finnish): niftily, slickly

Definitions

  1. niftily, slickly

Ancestry of “näpäkästi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäpäkkänifty, slick
2Finnishnavakkabetween moderate and strong
3Finnish-kkaForms diminutive nouns
4Proto-Finnic-kkaForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kka →Every word from Finnish -kka →Every word from Finnish navakka →