Where does “istuintyyny” come from?

istuintyyny (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyyny, from Swedish dyna, from Old Norse dýna, from Proto-Germanic dūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

istuintyyny (Finnish): seat cushion, seat pad

Definitions

  1. seat cushion, seat pad

Ancestry of “istuintyyny”, step by step

istuintyyny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tyyny

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyynypillow, cushion
2Swedishdynaa cushion
3Old Norsedýna—
4Proto-GermanicdūnazAlternative form of *dūnǭ; down
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Finnish istuin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishistuinseat; First-person singular indicative past form...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →