Where does “palleaisku” come from?

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

palleaisku (Finnish): hit in the diaphragm, getting the wind knocked out of one

Definitions

  1. hit in the diaphragm, getting the wind knocked out of one

Ancestry of “palleaisku”, step by step

palleaisku 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 pallea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpalleaThe thoracic diaphragm
2FinnishpalleA hem; A doubled-back rim of anything, especially...
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uEvery word from Finnish -uEvery word from Finnish isku
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