Where does “poskisauhu” come from?

poskisauhu (Finnish) comes from Finnish sauhu, from Finnish savu, from Proto-Finnic savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe.

poskisauhu (Finnish): puff, bum puff smoking a cigarette without inhaling

Definitions

  1. puff, bum puff smoking a cigarette without inhaling

Ancestry of “poskisauhu”, step by step

poskisauhu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sauhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsauhusmoke
2Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
3Proto-Finnicsavu—
4Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—

via Finnish poski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishposkicheek
2Proto-Finnicposkicheek
3Proto-Uralicposkecheek
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe →Every word from Proto-Finnic savu →Every word from Finnish savu →