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Where does “ruisku” come from?

ruisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.

ruisku (Finnish): sprayer, squirt, douche; syringe

Definitions

  1. sprayer, squirt, douche; syringe

Ancestry of “ruisku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-u—

Words derived from “ruisku”

  • ruiskuttaa
  • ruiskute
  • ruiskuta
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →