Where does “oksapistokas” come from?

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

oksapistokas (Finnish): branch cutting

Definitions

  1. branch cutting

Ancestry of “oksapistokas”, step by step

oksapistokas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pistokas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistokascutting; sandal
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

via Finnish oksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoksabranch; bough; knot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*oksa—
3Proto-Finno-Permicoksa—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →
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