Where does “kuivakas” come from?
kuivakas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.
kuivakas (Finnish): dry
Ancestry of “kuivakas”, step by step
kuivakas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kas | look!, oh!, my!, behold!; look |
| 2 | Finnish | katso! | look! |
| 3 | Finnish | katsoa | to look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kaccodak | to look |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gātijaną | — |
via Finnish kuiva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuiva | dry; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kuiva | dry |