Where does “lyhytkorvakuonokas” come from?

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

lyhytkorvakuonokas (Finnish): round-eared elephant shrew

Definitions

  1. round-eared elephant shrew

Ancestry of “lyhytkorvakuonokas”, step by step

lyhytkorvakuonokas traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuonokas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuonokaselephant shrew mammal of the order
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 lyhyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhytshort
2Proto-Finniclühütshort

via Finnish korva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorvaear; edge, border; handle
2Proto-Finnickorvaear; side part; handle
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijanąEvery word from Proto-Finnic kaccodakEvery word from Finnish katsoa