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Where does “paisua” come from?

paisua (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic paisudak — to swell.

paisua (Finnish): to swell; to expand; to mushroom

Definitions

  1. to swell; to expand; to mushroom

Ancestry of “paisua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpaisudakto swell

Words derived from “paisua”

  • paisuttaa
  • paisuksissa
  • paisutella
  • paisuksiin
  • vedenpaisumus
  • paisumus
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