Where does “niukalti” come from?

niukalti (Finnish) comes from Finnish -lti, from Finnish -lta, from Proto-Finnic -lta — Ablative case ending.

niukalti (Finnish): little, scarcely

Definitions

  1. little, scarcely

Ancestry of “niukalti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-lti-ly
2Finnish-ltaforms the ablative case
3Proto-Finnic-ltaAblative case ending
Every word from Proto-Finnic -lta →Every word from Finnish -lta →Every word from Finnish -lti →