Where does “puuhakas” come from?

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

puuhakas (Finnish): energetic, active

Definitions

  1. energetic, active

Ancestry of “puuhakas”, step by step

puuhakas 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 puuha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuhachore, work, trouble, undertaking, activity

Words derived from “puuhakas”

Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →