Where does “ruoskanisku” come from?

ruoskanisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoska, from Russian ро́зга, from Old East Slavic розга, from Proto-Slavic rozga — twig, branch.

ruoskanisku (Finnish): lash strike with a whip

Definitions

  1. lash strike with a whip

Ancestry of “ruoskanisku”, step by step

ruoskanisku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruoskawhip
2Russianро́згаbirch rod, cane (for whipping)
3Old East Slavicрозга—
4Proto-Slavicrozgatwig, branch

via Finnish isku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiskuhit, blow; impact; attentat, attack, strike, raid
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Slavic rozga →Every word from Old East Slavic розга →Every word from Russian ро́зга →
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