Where does “jousentuki” come from?

jousentuki (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuki, from Proto-Finnic tuki — support.

jousentuki (Finnish): spring bushing

Definitions

  1. spring bushing

Ancestry of “jousentuki”, step by step

jousentuki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukisupport; back, backing; strut, prop, crutch
2Proto-Finnictukisupport

via Finnish jousi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjousibow; spring; musical bow
2Finnishjoutsi—
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