Where does “ratsupiiska” come from?
ratsupiiska (Finnish) comes from Finnish piiska, from Swedish piska, from German Peitsche, from Proto-Slavic bičь, from Proto-Indo-European bʰiH-ti̯o.
ratsupiiska (Finnish): riding crop
Ancestry of “ratsupiiska”, step by step
ratsupiiska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piiska
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piiska | a short whip, crop; black and white |
| 2 | Swedish | piska | whip; a rod or rope used to punish or torture... |
| 3 | German | Peitsche | whip |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | bičь | whip |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰiH-ti̯o | — |
via Finnish ratsu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ratsu | riding horse or other animal used for riding;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |