Where does “kirveenisku” come from?

kirveenisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish isku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

kirveenisku (Finnish): blow, chop or fall of an axe

Definitions

  1. blow, chop or fall of an axe

Ancestry of “kirveenisku”, step by step

kirveenisku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiskuhit, blow; impact; attentat, attack, strike, raid
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish isku →