Where does “reiäkäs” come from?

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

reiäkäs (Finnish): holey

Definitions

  1. holey

Ancestry of “reiäkäs”, step by step

reiäkäs 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 reikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreikähole; puncture; cavity
2Proto-Finnicraikahole
3Proto-Finnicrajka—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →