Where does “puskurimuisti” come from?
puskurimuisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish muisti, from Finnish muistaa, from Proto-Finnic muistadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric muja- — to touch, feel.
puskurimuisti (Finnish): memory used for temporary data storage
Definitions
- memory used for temporary data storage
Ancestry of “puskurimuisti”, step by step
puskurimuisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muisti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muisti | memory; Third-person singular past form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | muistaa | to remember, recall, recollect; Third-person... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | muistadak | to understand |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | muja- | to touch, feel |
via Finnish puskuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puskuri | bumper; anything that rams; buffer |
| 2 | Finnish | puskea | to ram, to push; to gore; to header |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | puskedak | to ram; to gore |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | puske- | — |