Where does “näpsäkästi” come from?
näpsäkästi (Finnish) comes from Finnish näpsäkkä, from Finnish näppärä, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
näpsäkästi (Finnish): niftily, dexterously, cleverly
Definitions
- niftily, dexterously, cleverly
Ancestry of “näpsäkästi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | näpsäkkä | nifty, dexterous, clever |
| 2 | Finnish | näppärä | dexterous; nifty |
| 3 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |