Where does “korvakärsäkäs” come from?

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

korvakärsäkäs (Finnish): weevil of the genus Otiorhynchus

Definitions

  1. weevil of the genus Otiorhynchus

Ancestry of “korvakärsäkäs”, step by step

korvakärsäkäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärsäkäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärsäkäsweevil, snout beetle
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 korva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorvaear; edge, border; handle
2Proto-Finnickorvaear; side part; handle
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →