Where does “sivustatuki” come from?

sivustatuki (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuki, from Proto-Finnic tuki — support.

sivustatuki (Finnish): flank support, side support

Definitions

  1. flank support, side support

Ancestry of “sivustatuki”, step by step

sivustatuki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukisupport; back, backing; strut, prop, crutch
2Proto-Finnictukisupport

via Finnish sivu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsivupage, side; side; flank
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