Where does “piiskanisku” come from?
piiskanisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish piiska, from Swedish piska, from German Peitsche, from Proto-Slavic bičь, from Proto-Indo-European bʰiH-ti̯o.
piiskanisku (Finnish): whiplash lash of a whip
Ancestry of “piiskanisku”, step by step
piiskanisku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piiska
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piiska | a short whip, crop; black and white |
| 2 | Swedish | piska | whip; a rod or rope used to punish or torture... |
| 3 | German | Peitsche | whip |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | bičь | whip |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰiH-ti̯o | — |
via Finnish isku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | isku | hit, blow; impact; attentat, attack, strike, raid |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |