Where does “kuiskia” come from?

kuiskia (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

kuiskia (Finnish): to whisper

Definitions

  1. to whisper

Ancestry of “kuiskia”, step by step

kuiskia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish kuiskata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuiskataTo whisper
2Swedishviskato whisper
3Old Norsehvínato whiz, whistle
4Proto-Germanichwīnanąto rush, make a rushing sound, whizz, hiss,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwey-to hiss, to whistle, to whisper; to shine, white,...

Words derived from “kuiskia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →