Where does “rikkiviisas” come from?

rikkiviisas (Finnish) comes from Finnish viisas, from Proto-Finnic viisas, from Proto-Germanic wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European weydstos, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

rikkiviisas (Finnish): cheeky, smartass, pedantic

Definitions

  1. cheeky, smartass, pedantic

Ancestry of “rikkiviisas”, step by step

rikkiviisas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viisas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviisaswise
2Proto-Finnicviisaswise; cunning
3Proto-Germanicwīsazwise, knowledgeable
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweydstosknowledgeable
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Finnish rikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikkisulfur, sulphur; broken
2Finnishrikkoato break; to violate, breach; to offend, to...
3Proto-Finnicrikkodakto break; to ruin, to mar, to damage

Words derived from “rikkiviisas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European weydstos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīsaz →