Where does “iskunvaimennus” come from?
iskunvaimennus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaimennus, from Finnish vaimentaa, from Finnish vaimea, from Proto-Uralic wajŋe — breath.
iskunvaimennus (Finnish): shock absorption
Ancestry of “iskunvaimennus”, step by step
iskunvaimennus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaimennus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaimennus | attenuation |
| 2 | Finnish | vaimentaa | To muffle; To stifle; To damp, suppress |
| 3 | Finnish | vaimea | muffled, subdued; uninterested, tepid |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | wajŋe | breath |
via Finnish isku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | isku | hit, blow; impact; attentat, attack, strike, raid |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |