Where does “pitkänhuiskea” come from?

pitkänhuiskea (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pitkänhuiskea (Finnish): tall and slim

Definitions

  1. tall and slim

Ancestry of “pitkänhuiskea”, step by step

pitkänhuiskea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
2Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish huiskea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuiskeaslender, slim of a person
2Finnishhuiskawhisk
3FinnishhuiskaaAlternative form of huiskia
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →