Where does “nelivarvaskuonokas” come from?

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

nelivarvaskuonokas (Finnish): four-toed elephant shrew, Petrodromus tetradactylus

Definitions

  1. four-toed elephant shrew, Petrodromus tetradactylus

Ancestry of “nelivarvaskuonokas”, step by step

nelivarvaskuonokas traces back through two 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 varvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarvastoe
2Proto-Finnicvarbastoe
3Proto-Finnicvarpathin stick, twig
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →
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