Where does “näppäryys” come from?
näppäryys (Finnish) comes from Finnish näppärä, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
näppäryys (Finnish): manual dexterity
Ancestry of “näppäryys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | näppärä | dexterous; nifty |
| 2 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 3 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
Words derived from “näppäryys”