Where does “miekanisku” come from?

miekanisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish isku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

miekanisku (Finnish): sword-cut

Definitions

  1. sword-cut

Ancestry of “miekanisku”, step by step

miekanisku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiskuhit, blow; impact; attentat, attack, strike, raid
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish miekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiekkasword
2Proto-Finnicmeekkasword
3Proto-Germanicmēkijazsword
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish isku →