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Where does “läiskikäs” come from?

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

läiskikäs (Finnish): spotty, spotted; speckled

Definitions

  1. spotty, spotted; speckled

Ancestry of “läiskikäs”, step by step

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