Where does “höyhenhuisku” come from?

höyhenhuisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish huisku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

höyhenhuisku (Finnish): feather duster

Definitions

  1. feather duster

Ancestry of “höyhenhuisku”, step by step

höyhenhuisku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish huisku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhuiskuA whisk
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish höyhen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöyhenfeather
2Proto-Finnicheühenfeather
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish huisku →