Where does “sisupussi” come from?

sisupussi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sisu, from Finnish sisä-, from Proto-Finnic sicä, from Proto-Uralic śićä.

sisupussi (Finnish): a gutsy person, a person with sisu

Definitions

  1. a gutsy person, a person with sisu

Ancestry of “sisupussi”, step by step

sisupussi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sisu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsisuperseverance, doggedness, stubbornness, grit,...
2Finnishsisä-inner, internal, interior, inward; indoor; inland
3Proto-Finnicsicäinsides, inside
4Proto-Uralicśićä—

via Finnish pussi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpussibag, pouch, sac; pouch; pocket
2Old Swedishpusi—
3Proto-Germanicpusôbag, sack, scrip
Every word from Proto-Uralic śićä →Every word from Finnish sisä- →Every word from Finnish sisu →