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Where does “raivokkaasti” come from?

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

raivokkaasti (Finnish): fiercely

Definitions

  1. fiercely

Ancestry of “raivokkaasti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraivokasfierce, frenetic, raging
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodak—
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—
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