Where does “ohukas” come from?

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

ohukas (Finnish): A type of pancake resembling crêpe

Definitions

  1. A type of pancake resembling crêpe

Ancestry of “ohukas”, step by step

ohukas 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 ohut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohutthin
2Proto-Finnicohutthin
3Proto-Finnicoha—

Words derived from “ohukas”

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