Where does “vattukärsäkäs” come from?

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

vattukärsäkäs (Finnish): black anthonomus, strawberry blossom weevil, Anthonomus rubi important pest of strawberry and raspberry

Definitions

  1. black anthonomus, strawberry blossom weevil, Anthonomus rubi important pest of strawberry and raspberry

Ancestry of “vattukärsäkäs”, step by step

vattukärsäkäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärsäkäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärsäkäsweevil, snout beetle
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 vattu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatturaspberry
2Finnishvatukkabramble; raspberry
3Finnishvataa type of small seine; chickweed, common...
4RussianФадей—
5Ancient GreekΘαδδαῖοςThaddaeus, one of the Apostles
6Biblical Hebrewתַדַּי—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →