Where does “puskuttaa” come from?

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

puskuttaa (Finnish): to puff

Definitions

  1. to puff

Ancestry of “puskuttaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuskupushing, ramming
2Finnishpuskeato ram, to push; to gore; to header
3Proto-Finnicpuskedakto ram; to gore
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpuske-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puske- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puskedak →Every word from Finnish puskea →