Where does “kuusipisto” come from?

kuusipisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish pisto, from Finnish pistää, from Proto-Finnic pistädäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic pistä-.

kuusipisto (Finnish): fern stitch

Definitions

  1. fern stitch

Ancestry of “kuusipisto”, step by step

kuusipisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistosting, bite; prick, puncture, hole made by...
2Finnishpistääto poke, thrust; to stick, prick, stab, puncture;...
3Proto-Finnicpistädäkto poke, to thrust, to stab, to sting; to put, to...
4Proto-Finno-Permicpistä-—

via Finnish kuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pistä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pistädäk →Every word from Finnish pistää →