Where does “vauhdikkaasti” come from?

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

vauhdikkaasti (Finnish): fast

Definitions

  1. fast

Ancestry of “vauhdikkaasti”, step by step

vauhdikkaasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vauhdikas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauhdikasspeedy, fast, rapid; eventful
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 sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →