Where does “kulmikkuus” come from?

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

kulmikkuus (Finnish): angularity, angularness

Definitions

  1. angularity, angularness

Ancestry of “kulmikkuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkulmikasangular; edgy
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →