Where does “läikikäs” come from?

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

läikikäs (Finnish): spotted

Definitions

  1. spotted

Ancestry of “läikikäs”, step by step

läikikäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kas

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

via Finnish läikkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläikkäspot, splotch
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →