Where does “sorminäppäryys” come from?

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

sorminäppäryys (Finnish): sleight of hand, legerdemain, prestidigitation

Definitions

  1. sleight of hand, legerdemain, prestidigitation

Ancestry of “sorminäppäryys”, step by step

sorminäppäryys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish näppäryys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäppäryysmanual dexterity
2Finnishnäppärädexterous; nifty
3Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish sormi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsormifinger
2Proto-Finnicsormifinger
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsorme—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ra →