Where does “puskuri” come from?

puskuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish puskea, from Proto-Finnic puskedak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric puske-.

puskuri (Finnish): bumper; anything that rams; buffer

Definitions

  1. bumper; anything that rams; buffer

Ancestry of “puskuri”, step by step

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

Words derived from “puskuri”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puske- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puskedak →Every word from Finnish puskea →
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