Where does “pikkunäppärä” come from?

pikkunäppärä (Finnish) comes from Finnish näppärä, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

pikkunäppärä (Finnish): gimmicky, skillful to the extent of going into unnecessary detail

Definitions

  1. gimmicky, skillful to the extent of going into unnecessary detail

Ancestry of “pikkunäppärä”, step by step

pikkunäppärä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish näppärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäppärädexterous; nifty
2Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
3Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
4Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →