Where does “karvakato” come from?

karvakato (Finnish) comes from Finnish kato, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.

karvakato (Finnish): hair loss

Definitions

  1. hair loss

Ancestry of “karvakato”, step by step

karvakato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatofailure of crops; loss, disappearance, lack;...
2Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
3Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
4Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

via Finnish karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →