Where does “lyhytkärsäkuonokas” come from?
lyhytkärsäkuonokas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuonokas, from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.
lyhytkärsäkuonokas (Finnish): short-snouted elephant shrew (Elephantulus brachyrhynchus)
Definitions
- short-snouted elephant shrew (Elephantulus brachyrhynchus)
Ancestry of “lyhytkärsäkuonokas”, step by step
lyhytkärsäkuonokas traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuonokas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuonokas | elephant shrew mammal of the order |
| 2 | Finnish | kas | look!, oh!, my!, behold!; look |
| 3 | Finnish | katso! | look! |
| 4 | Finnish | katsoa | to look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kaccodak | to look |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gātijaną | — |