Where does “ykkösehdokas” come from?

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

ykkösehdokas (Finnish): prime candidate

Definitions

  1. prime candidate

Ancestry of “ykkösehdokas”, step by step

ykkösehdokas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ehdokas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishehdokascandidate; nominee
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 ykkönen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishykkönenone; unit, the number one; first
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →
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