Where does “navakasti” come from?

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

navakasti (Finnish): briskly

Definitions

  1. briskly

Ancestry of “navakasti”, step by step

navakasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish navakka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnavakkabetween moderate and strong
2Finnish-kkaForms diminutive nouns
3Proto-Finnic-kkaForms diminutive nouns

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kka →Every word from Finnish -kka →Every word from Finnish navakka →