Where does “haarakas” come from?

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

haarakas (Finnish): branched; coral fungus

Definitions

  1. branched; coral fungus

Ancestry of “haarakas”, step by step

haarakas 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 haara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarabranch; fork, bifurcation; offshoot
2Proto-Finnichaarabranch

Words derived from “haarakas”

Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →