Where does “viekkaasti” come from?

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

viekkaasti (Finnish): cunningly

Definitions

  1. cunningly

Ancestry of “viekkaasti”, step by step

viekkaasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viekas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviekascunning
2Finnishviedäto take away, take, bring away
3Proto-Finnicveedäkto take, take away
4Proto-Uralicwixe-to bring, to take somewhere

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Uralic wixe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic veedäk →Every word from Finnish viedä →