Where does “viljakärsäkäs” come from?

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

viljakärsäkäs (Finnish): A weevil of the genus Sitophilus, many of which are pests feeding with grain

Definitions

  1. A weevil of the genus Sitophilus, many of which are pests feeding with grain

Ancestry of “viljakärsäkäs”, step by step

viljakärsäkäs 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 Vilja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishViljagrain, cereal, corn type of grass cultivated for its edible grains
2Proto-Finnicviljagrain, cereal; abundance, plenty
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →