Where does “poiste” come from?
poiste (Finnish) comes from Finnish poistaa, from Finnish pois, from Finnish poikki-, from Finnish poikki, from Finnish poikitse, from Finnish itse, from Proto-Finnic icek, from Hebrew יצחק — to laugh.
poiste (Finnish): remover
Ancestry of “poiste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | poistaa | to remove; to delete; "~ tuotannosta, myynnistä,... |
| 2 | Finnish | pois | away, off; off; minus, take away |
| 3 | Finnish | poikki- | cross-, transverse |
| 4 | Finnish | poikki | broken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,... |
| 5 | Finnish | poikitse | here and there, all over , spread out; Across,... |
| 6 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 8 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |