Where does “hinnakas” come from?

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

hinnakas (Finnish): expensive

Definitions

  1. expensive

Ancestry of “hinnakas”, step by step

hinnakas 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 hinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhintaprice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*hinta—
3Proto-Balticśímta—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →
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