Where does “paloruisku” come from?

paloruisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruisku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

paloruisku (Finnish): firefighting sprayer

Definitions

  1. firefighting sprayer

Ancestry of “paloruisku”, step by step

paloruisku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruisku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruiskusprayer, squirt, douche; syringe
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish ruisku →