Where does “kotkankatse” come from?

kotkankatse (Finnish) comes from Finnish katse, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

kotkankatse (Finnish): eagle eye good, keen eyesight

Definitions

  1. eagle eye good, keen eyesight

Ancestry of “kotkankatse”, step by step

kotkankatse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish katse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatselook, glance; gaze
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish Kotka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKotkaThe constellation Aquila
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης