Where does “kiskaista” come from?

kiskaista (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiskoa, from Proto-Finnic kiskoidak — to pull, to wrench, to tear.

kiskaista (Finnish): to yank, tug, pluck, wrench once, suddenly

Definitions

  1. to yank, tug, pluck, wrench once, suddenly

Ancestry of “kiskaista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiskoato pull, wrench, tug, tear; to drag, lug, haul; ~...
2Proto-Finnickiskoidakto pull, to wrench, to tear

Words derived from “kiskaista”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kiskoidak →Every word from Finnish kiskoa →