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Where does “viekas” come from?

viekas (Finnish) comes from Finnish viedä, from Proto-Finnic veedäk, from Proto-Uralic wixe- — to bring, to take somewhere.

viekas (Finnish): cunning

Definitions

  1. cunning

Ancestry of “viekas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviedäto take away, to bring away; to take , lead,...
2Proto-Finnicveedäkto take, take away
3Proto-Uralicwixe-to bring, to take somewhere

Words derived from “viekas”

  • viekkaasti
  • viekkaus
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