Where does “keltahaarakas” come from?

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

keltahaarakas (Finnish): pale-yellow clavaria or golden coral fungus, Ramaria flava

Definitions

  1. pale-yellow clavaria or golden coral fungus, Ramaria flava

Ancestry of “keltahaarakas”, step by step

keltahaarakas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haarakas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarakasbranched; coral fungus
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 kelta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeltayellow
2Proto-Finnickeltayellow; species of club moss used for dyeing...
3Proto-Balticgilˀtos
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijanąEvery word from Proto-Finnic kaccodakEvery word from Finnish katsoa
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