Where does “vaskitsa” come from?
vaskitsa (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaski, from Proto-Finnic vaski, from Proto-Uralic waśke, from Proto-Tocharian wi̯äsā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂é-h₂us-o-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ews- — dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up.
vaskitsa (Finnish): slowworm
Ancestry of “vaskitsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vaski | copper; bronze; in this sense still living in... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vaski | copper |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | waśke | a metal; copper, iron? |
| 4 | Proto-Tocharian | wi̯äsā | gold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂é-h₂us-o- | glow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ews- | dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up |