Where does “kuolinisku” come from?

kuolinisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuolin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kuolinisku (Finnish): deathblow

Definitions

  1. deathblow

Ancestry of “kuolinisku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuolin-prefix that denotes death, "of or relating to...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish kuolin- →
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