Where does “lastukasa” come from?

lastukasa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasa, from Proto-Finnic kasa, from Proto-Germanic kasô, from Proto-Germanic kas- — to throw; bring up; toss.

lastukasa (Finnish): pile of shavings

Definitions

  1. pile of shavings

Ancestry of “lastukasa”, step by step

lastukasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasaheap; pile; stack
2Proto-Finnickasapile
3Proto-Germanickasô—
4Proto-Germanickas-to throw; bring up; toss

via Finnish lastu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlastushaving; chip; short story
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
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