Where does “paahtovanukas” come from?

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

paahtovanukas (Finnish): A crème brûlée

Definitions

  1. A crème brûlée

Ancestry of “paahtovanukas”, step by step

paahtovanukas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vanukas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvanukaspudding
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 paahto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaahtoroast; roast, roasted, toasted
2Finnishpaahtaato toast; to roast; to parch
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →