Where does “viekkaus” come from?

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

viekkaus (Finnish): cunning

Definitions

  1. cunning

Ancestry of “viekkaus”, step by step

viekkaus 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 uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Uralic wixe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic veedäk →Every word from Finnish viedä →