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

Definitions

  1. manual dexterity

Ancestry of “näppäryys”, step by step

näppäryys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish näppärä

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

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “näppäryys”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ra →