Where does “polkaisu” come from?

polkaisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish polkaista, from Finnish polkea, from Proto-Finnic polkedak — to stamp (with one's foot or feet), to trample, stomp.

polkaisu (Finnish): stomp single stomp

Definitions

  1. stomp single stomp

Ancestry of “polkaisu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolkaistato stomp one's foot once
2Finnishpolkeato stamp; to pedal; to treadle
3Proto-Finnicpolkedakto stamp (with one's foot or feet), to trample, stomp
Every word from Proto-Finnic polkedak →Every word from Finnish polkea →Every word from Finnish polkaista →
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