Where does “pikikärsäkäs” come from?

pikikärsäkäs (Finnish) comes from Finnish piki, from Old Swedish bik, from Middle Low German pik, from Old Saxon pik, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

pikikärsäkäs (Finnish): any weevil of the genus Pissodes

Definitions

  1. any weevil of the genus Pissodes

Ancestry of “pikikärsäkäs”, step by step

pikikärsäkäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikipitch
2Old Swedishbik—
3Middle Low Germanpik—
4Old Saxonpik—
5Proto-West Germanic*pik—
6Latinpixpitch, tar
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

via Finnish kärsäkäs

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

Words derived from “pikikärsäkäs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →