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Where does “joenniska” come from?

joenniska (Finnish) comes from Finnish niska, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

joenniska (Finnish): The point where river starts flowing from a lake

Definitions

  1. The point where river starts flowing from a lake

Ancestry of “joenniska”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniskanape, the back of the neck; a load bearing...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-s—
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →