Where does “hihna-avokas” come from?

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

hihna-avokas (Finnish): strap pump

Definitions

  1. strap pump

Ancestry of “hihna-avokas”, step by step

hihna-avokas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish avokas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavokasmoccasin, court shoe, pump
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 hihna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhihnastrap, band; especially one that is made of...
2Proto-Finnichihnaleather belt, strap
3Lithuanianšikšna—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →