Where does “vilkkaasti” come from?

vilkkaasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish vilkas, from Proto-Finnic vilk'as — lively, brisk.

vilkkaasti (Finnish): actively

Definitions

  1. actively

Ancestry of “vilkkaasti”, step by step

vilkkaasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vilkas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvilkaslively, vivacious, perky; vivid; quick, fast
2Proto-Finnicvilk'aslively, brisk

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic vilk'as →Every word from Finnish vilkas →