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Where does “niska” come from?

niska (Finnish) comes from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

niska (Finnish): nape, the back of the neck; a load bearing...

Definitions

  1. nape, the back of the neck; a load bearing...

Ancestry of “niska”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
2Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
3Proto-Finnic-s—
4Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “niska”

  • joenniska
  • valkoniskamuura
  • uppiniskaisuus
  • pihkaniska
  • -niskainen
  • niskuri
  • niskakarva
  • niskoitella
  • niskoittelu
  • uppiniskaisesti
  • niskoittelija
  • niskalenkkitoppi
  • uppiniskainen
  • niskalenkki
  • niskanikama
  • niskanahka
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