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Where does “kas” come from?

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

kas (Finnish): look!, oh!, my!, behold!; look

Definitions

  1. look!, oh!, my!, behold!; look

Ancestry of “kas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatso!look!
2Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
3Proto-Finnickaccodak—
4Proto-Germanicgātijaną—
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