Where does “uhmakas” come from?

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

uhmakas (Finnish): defiant

Definitions

  1. defiant

Ancestry of “uhmakas”, step by step

uhmakas 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 uhma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhmadefiance
2Proto-Finnicuhma

Words derived from “uhmakas

Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijanąEvery word from Proto-Finnic kaccodakEvery word from Finnish katsoa
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