Where does “pudokas” come from?

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

pudokas (Finnish): A windfall; A primary school dropout

Definitions

  1. A windfall; A primary school dropout

Ancestry of “pudokas”, step by step

pudokas 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 pudota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpudotato fall (from an elevated position); to fall down, fall off; to drop, slip
2Proto-Finnicpudot'akto fall off

Words derived from “pudokas

Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijanąEvery word from Proto-Finnic kaccodakEvery word from Finnish katsoa