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Where does “siemensyöksy” come from?

siemensyöksy (Finnish) comes from Finnish syöksy, from Finnish syöstä, from Proto-Finnic sööstäk, from Proto-Finnic -stak.

siemensyöksy (Finnish): ejaculation

Definitions

  1. ejaculation

Ancestry of “siemensyöksy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöksyrush, swoop; dive; ejection
2Finnishsyöstäto throw, plunge; to spew out, belch
3Proto-Finnicsööstäkto push in, to plunge into; to spew, to boil over
4Proto-Finnic-stak—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -stak →