Where does “iskari” come from?

iskari (Finnish) comes from Finnish iskunvaimennin, from Finnish vaimennin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

iskari (Finnish): shock absorber

Definitions

  1. shock absorber

Ancestry of “iskari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiskunvaimenninshock absorber
2Finnishvaimenninsilencer; damper; snubber
3Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
5Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -inEvery word from Finnish vaimennin