Where does “täplikäs” come from?

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

täplikäs (Finnish): spotted

Definitions

  1. spotted

Ancestry of “täplikäs”, step by step

täplikäs 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 täplä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäpläspot, speck; pad

Words derived from “täplikäs”

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