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Where does “kaskas” come from?

kaskas (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic kaska-, from Polish -ka, from Old Polish -ka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

kaskas (Finnish): A member of the suborder Auchenorrhyncha of the...

Definitions

  1. A member of the suborder Auchenorrhyncha of the...

Ancestry of “kaskas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickaska-—
2Polish-kafeminine noun suffix; diminutive noun suffix;...
3Old Polish-ka—
4Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
5Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Words derived from “kaskas”

  • laulukaskas
  • sylkikaskas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →