Where does “alokasjakso” come from?

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

alokasjakso (Finnish): recruit training, basic training, boot camp; the period of initial basic training during military service the first training phase in Finnish military service

Definitions

  1. recruit training, basic training, boot camp; the period of initial basic training during military service the first training phase in Finnish military service

Ancestry of “alokasjakso”, step by step

alokasjakso 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 jakso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjaksoperiod; episode; passage
2Finnishjaksaato manage, to have enough strength; to manage, to...
3Proto-Finnicjaksadakto manage, to be able to
4Proto-Finno-Permicjaksa-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →