Where does “hakulause” come from?
hakulause (Finnish) comes from Finnish haku, from Finnish hakea, from Proto-Finnic hakedak, from Proto-Germanic sākija-.
hakulause (Finnish): search phrase
Ancestry of “hakulause”, step by step
hakulause traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish haku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haku | search; applying, application |
| 2 | Finnish | hakea | To retrieve, get, fetch; To search; To apply |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hakedak | to pick; to fetch; to gather, to collect |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sākija- | — |
via Finnish lause
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lause | clause; sentence; theorem |
| 2 | Finnish | lausua | to say, speak, utter, pronounce; to pronounce,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lausudak | to say |