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Where does “mutkikas” come from?

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

mutkikas (Finnish): serpentine, meandering; complicated, intricate,...

Definitions

  1. serpentine, meandering; complicated, intricate,...

Ancestry of “mutkikas”, 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—

Words derived from “mutkikas”

  • mutkikkaasti
  • mutkikkuus
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