Where does “näppärästi” come from?

näppärästi (Finnish) comes from Finnish näppärä, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

näppärästi (Finnish): dexterously in a way that demonstrates dexterity, or good skill with one's hands

Definitions

  1. dexterously in a way that demonstrates dexterity, or good skill with one's hands

Ancestry of “näppärästi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäppärädexterous; nifty
2Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
3Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
4Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ra →
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