Where does “iskunpituus” come from?

iskunpituus (Finnish) comes from Finnish isku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

iskunpituus (Finnish): stroke length of the piston stroke in a piston engine

Definitions

  1. stroke length of the piston stroke in a piston engine

Ancestry of “iskunpituus”, step by step

iskunpituus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiskuhit, blow; impact; attentat, attack, strike, raid
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish pituus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpituuslength; longitude; height
2Proto-Finnicpiduclength
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish isku →