Where does “katselin” come from?

katselin (Finnish) comes from Finnish katsella, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.

katselin (Finnish): viewer program that displays the contents of a file

Definitions

  1. viewer program that displays the contents of a file

Ancestry of “katselin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkatsellaTo watch
2Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
3Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
4Proto-Germanicgātijaną—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →