Where does “itkunpuuska” come from?

itkunpuuska (Finnish) comes from Finnish itku, from Proto-Finnic itku — cry.

itkunpuuska (Finnish): crying fit

Definitions

  1. crying fit

Ancestry of “itkunpuuska”, step by step

itkunpuuska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitkucry, crying
2Proto-Finnicitkucry

via Finnish puuska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuskagust, blast, scud; fit; Synonym of puuhka
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