Where does “alokasaste” come from?

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

alokasaste (Finnish): recruit or rookie level or grade

Definitions

  1. recruit or rookie level or grade

Ancestry of “alokasaste”, step by step

alokasaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alokas

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

via Finnish aste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastegrade; degree; degree, degree Celsius
2Finnishastuato step (on), tread (on), pace, stride
3Proto-Finnicastudakto step, to take steps
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →