Where does “nokkavasti” come from?

nokkavasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish nokkava, from Finnish nokka, from Proto-Finnic nokka — beak, bill.

nokkavasti (Finnish): cheekily, sassily

Definitions

  1. cheekily, sassily

Ancestry of “nokkavasti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokkavacheeky
2Finnishnokkabeak, bill, rostrum; beak; front of a car or...
3Proto-Finnicnokkabeak, bill
Every word from Proto-Finnic nokka →Every word from Finnish nokka →Every word from Finnish nokkava →
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