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Where does “kookkaan” come from?

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

kookkaan (Finnish): Genitive singular form of kookas

Definitions

  1. Genitive singular form of kookas

Ancestry of “kookkaan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkookasbulky
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodak—
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—
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