Where does “niljakas” come from?

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

niljakas (Finnish): Slimy and slippery

Definitions

  1. Slimy and slippery

Ancestry of “niljakas”, step by step

niljakas 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 nilja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniljaslime; slimy, dirty, unpleasant

Words derived from “niljakas”

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