Where does “vastauskato” come from?
vastauskato (Finnish) comes from Finnish kato, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.
vastauskato (Finnish): nonresponse
Ancestry of “vastauskato”, step by step
vastauskato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kato | failure of crops; loss, disappearance, lack;... |
| 2 | Finnish | katsoa | to look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kaccodak | to look |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gātijaną | — |
via Finnish vastaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vastaus | answer, reply, response |
| 2 | Finnish | vastata | to answer, to reply; to respond |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vastat'ak | to answer, to reply |