Where does “juovahernekärsäkäs” come from?
juovahernekärsäkäs (Finnish) comes from Finnish hernekärsäkäs, from Finnish kärsäkäs, from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.
juovahernekärsäkäs (Finnish): striped bean weevil, pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus pest of peas, clovers, and other legumes
Definitions
- striped bean weevil, pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus pest of peas, clovers, and other legumes
Ancestry of “juovahernekärsäkäs”, step by step
juovahernekärsäkäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hernekärsäkäs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hernekärsäkäs | Any weevil of the genus Sitona, many of which are agricultural pests specializing in legumes |
| 2 | Finnish | kärsäkäs | weevil, snout beetle |
| 3 | Finnish | kas | look!, oh!, my!, behold!; look |
| 4 | Finnish | katso! | look! |
| 5 | Finnish | katsoa | to look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | kaccodak | to look |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gātijaną | — |