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Where does “aistikkuus” come from?

aistikkuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish aistikas, from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.

aistikkuus (Finnish): elegance

Definitions

  1. elegance

Ancestry of “aistikkuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaistikastasteful, elegant
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodak—
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—
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