Where does “Kaisla” come from?

Kaisla (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaisla, from Proto-Finnic kaisla, from Proto-Germanic gaisilaz — staff, whip.

Kaisla (Finnish): rush, bulrush, club-rush grass-like plants of the genus

Definitions

  1. rush, bulrush, club-rush grass-like plants of the genus

Ancestry of “Kaisla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaislarush, bulrush, club-rush
2Proto-Finnickaisla—
3Proto-Germanicgaisilazstaff, whip
Every word from Proto-Germanic gaisilaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaisla →Every word from Finnish kaisla →
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