Where does “käärökärsäkäs” come from?

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

käärökärsäkäs (Finnish): leaf-rolling weevil

Definitions

  1. leaf-rolling weevil

Ancestry of “käärökärsäkäs”, step by step

käärökärsäkäs 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 käärö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääröscroll
2Finnishkääriäto wrap, roll
3Proto-Finnickääridäkto wrap
4Proto-Uralickäre-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →