Where does “nerokas” come from?

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

nerokas (Finnish): ingenious, witty, shrewd; brilliant

Definitions

  1. ingenious, witty, shrewd; brilliant

Ancestry of “nerokas”, step by step

nerokas traces back through 3 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 nero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnerogenius
2Proto-Finnicneroskill, ability, wit

via Karelian nero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kareliannerogenius; talent

Words derived from “nerokas”

Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →