Where does “kusinen” come from?

kusinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kusi, from Proto-Finnic kusi, from Proto-Uralic kuńśe — ant; urine; star.

kusinen (Finnish): stained with piss; shitty

Definitions

  1. stained with piss; shitty

Ancestry of “kusinen”, step by step

kusinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkusiurine, piss; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnickusiurine
3Proto-Uralickuńśeant; urine; star

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kuńśe →Every word from Proto-Finnic kusi →Every word from Finnish kusi →