Where does “lemmentuska” come from?

lemmentuska (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lempi, from Finnish lempi, from Proto-Finnic lempi — ? flame,? spark,? warmth.

lemmentuska (Finnish): grief in love

Definitions

  1. grief in love

Ancestry of “lemmentuska”, step by step

lemmentuska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lempi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLempi(erotic) love
2Finnishlempilove; love-making, sex; As a very common former...
3Proto-Finniclempi? flame,? spark,? warmth

via Finnish tuska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuskapain, distress, agony, suffering
2Old East Slavicтъска—
Every word from Proto-Finnic lempi →Every word from Finnish lempi →Every word from Finnish Lempi →