Where does “kartiovahakas” come from?

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

kartiovahakas (Finnish): witch's hat, conical wax cap or conical slimy cap, Hygrocybe conica

Definitions

  1. witch's hat, conical wax cap or conical slimy cap, Hygrocybe conica

Ancestry of “kartiovahakas”, step by step

kartiovahakas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vahakas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahakaswaxcap
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 kartio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkartiocone; fan
2Proto-Celtickarti-to drive out, expel
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →