Where does “ansiokas” come from?
ansiokas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.
ansiokas (Finnish): meritorious
Ancestry of “ansiokas”, step by step
ansiokas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kas | look!, oh!, my!, behold!; look |
| 2 | Finnish | katso! | look! |
| 3 | Finnish | katsoa | to look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kaccodak | to look |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gātijaną | — |
via Finnish ansio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ansio | merit; income; virtue |
| 2 | Finnish | ansa | trap; booby trap |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ansa | — |
Words derived from “ansiokas”