Where does “nimekäs” come from?

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

nimekäs (Finnish): famed, renowned, famous, well-known

Definitions

  1. famed, renowned, famous, well-known

Ancestry of “nimekäs”, step by step

nimekäs 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 nimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniminame
2Finnish-iäiset—

Words derived from “nimekäs”

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