Where does “avainehdokas” come from?

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

avainehdokas (Finnish): candidate key

Definitions

  1. candidate key

Ancestry of “avainehdokas”, step by step

avainehdokas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ehdokas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishehdokascandidate; nominee
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 avain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavainkey; code; clef, used especially in compound...
2Finnishavatato open; to unwrap; to turn on
3Proto-Finnicavait'akto open
4Proto-Finno-Ugricaŋa-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →