Where does “poistuma” come from?

poistuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish poistua, from Finnish poistaa, from Finnish pois, from Finnish poikki-, from Finnish poikki, from Finnish poikitse, from Finnish itse, from Proto-Finnic icek — to laugh.

poistuma (Finnish): deletion, loss, wastage, reduction, drain;...

Definitions

  1. deletion, loss, wastage, reduction, drain;...

Ancestry of “poistuma”, step by step

poistuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poistua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoistuato leave
2Finnishpoistaato remove; to delete; "~ tuotannosta, myynnistä,...
3Finnishpoisaway, off; off; minus, take away
4Finnishpoikki-cross-, transverse
5Finnishpoikkibroken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,...
6Finnishpoikitse(Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out
7Finnishitseoneself; used to emphasize the person of the head...
8Proto-Finnicicekself
9Hebrewיצחקto laugh

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä
Every word from Hebrew יצחקEvery word from Proto-Finnic icekEvery word from Finnish itse
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