Where does “pelokkaasti” come from?

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

pelokkaasti (Finnish): fearfully, timidly

Definitions

  1. fearfully, timidly

Ancestry of “pelokkaasti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelokasfearful, timid
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →