Where does “hernekärsäkäs” come from?

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

hernekärsäkäs (Finnish): Any weevil of the genus Sitona, many of which are agricultural pests specializing in legumes

Definitions

  1. Any weevil of the genus Sitona, many of which are agricultural pests specializing in legumes

Ancestry of “hernekärsäkäs”, step by step

hernekärsäkäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärsäkäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärsäkäsweevil, snout beetle
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 herne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhernepea
2Proto-Finnichernehpea
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*źírˀnangrain
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “hernekärsäkäs”

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