Where does “riehakkaasti” come from?

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

riehakkaasti (Finnish): boisterously, franticly

Definitions

  1. boisterously, franticly

Ancestry of “riehakkaasti”, step by step

riehakkaasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish riehakas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriehakasboisterous, frantic, raucous, wild
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →