Where does “nähkääs” come from?

nähkääs (Finnish) comes from Finnish nähdä, from Proto-Finnic näktäk, from Proto-Uralic näke- — to see.

nähkääs (Finnish): see, you see

Definitions

  1. see, you see

Ancestry of “nähkääs”, step by step

nähkääs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nähdä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnähdäto see; to see, meet; to regard, have an outlook...
2Proto-Finnicnäktäkto see
3Proto-Uralicnäke-to see

via Finnish s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsthe letter s
Every word from Proto-Uralic näke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic näktäk →Every word from Finnish nähdä →