Where does “jouluvanukas” come from?
jouluvanukas (Finnish) comes from Finnish vanukas, from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.
jouluvanukas (Finnish): Christmas pudding
Definitions
- Christmas pudding
Ancestry of “jouluvanukas”, step by step
jouluvanukas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vanukas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vanukas | pudding |
| 2 | Finnish | kas | look!, oh!, my!, behold!; look |
| 3 | Finnish | katso! | look! |
| 4 | Finnish | katsoa | to look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kaccodak | to look |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gātijaną | — |
via Finnish joulu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joulu | Christmas; Abbreviation of joulukuu |