Where does “nuija” come from?

nuija (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic nuija — club, cudgel.

nuija (Finnish): club; mallet, maul; bludgeon

Definitions

  1. club; mallet, maul; bludgeon

Ancestry of “nuija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicnuijaclub, cudgel

Words derived from “nuija

Every word from Proto-Finnic nuija
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