Where does “kostoisku” come from?
kostoisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish isku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
kostoisku (Finnish): retaliation, retaliatory attack, revenge attack
Definitions
- retaliation, retaliatory attack, revenge attack
Ancestry of “kostoisku”, step by step
kostoisku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish isku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | isku | hit, blow; impact; attentat, attack, strike, raid |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
via Finnish kosto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kosto | revenge, vengeance |
| 2 | Finnish | kostaa | to avenge, revenge, take revenge, get back at (on); to retaliate (to) |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kostadak | ? to turn, to turn back |