Where does “puskija” come from?

puskija (Finnish) comes from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

puskija (Finnish): agent noun of puskea: rammer, pusher, butter

Definitions

  1. agent noun of puskea: rammer, pusher, butter

Ancestry of “puskija”, step by step

puskija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish puskea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuskeato ram, to push; to gore; to header
2Proto-Finnicpuskedakto ram; to gore
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpuske-—

Words derived from “puskija”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →