Where does “auvokas” come from?

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

auvokas (Finnish): Synonym of auvoinen

Definitions

  1. Synonym of auvoinen

Ancestry of “auvokas”, step by step

auvokas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kas

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

via Finnish auvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishauvobliss
2Proto-Finnicauvohonor/honour, respect
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →