Where does “nokkavuus” come from?

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

nokkavuus (Finnish): cheekiness

Definitions

  1. cheekiness

Ancestry of “nokkavuus”, step by step

nokkavuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nokkava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokkavacheeky
2Finnishnokkabeak, bill, rostrum; beak; front of a car or...
3Proto-Finnicnokkabeak, bill

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic nokka →Every word from Finnish nokka →Every word from Finnish nokkava →