Where does “luola-asukas” come from?

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

luola-asukas (Finnish): someone who lives in a cave, caveman

Definitions

  1. someone who lives in a cave, caveman

Ancestry of “luola-asukas”, step by step

luola-asukas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asukas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasukasresident, inhabitant
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną

via Finnish luola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluolacave; cavern; grotto
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijanąEvery word from Proto-Finnic kaccodakEvery word from Finnish katsoa
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