Where does “neljäkäs” come from?

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

neljäkäs (Finnish): rhombus

Definitions

  1. rhombus

Ancestry of “neljäkäs”, step by step

neljäkäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
2Finnishkatso!look!
3Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
4Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
5Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

via Finnish neljä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljäfour
2Proto-Finnicneljäfour
3Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →