Where does “kaakaovanukas” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kaakaovanukas”, step by step

kaakaovanukas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vanukas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvanukaspudding
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 kaakao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaakaohot chocolate, cocoa; Short for kaakaojauhe;...
2Swedishkakaococoa, cacao
3SpanishCacaothe 655th most common surname in Guatemala
4Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
5Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →