Where does “rehvakkuus” come from?

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

rehvakkuus (Finnish): boastfulness, pretentiousness, swagger

Definitions

  1. boastfulness, pretentiousness, swagger

Ancestry of “rehvakkuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrehvakasboastful, pretentious, swaggering
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 →