Where does “sivutuuli” come from?

sivutuuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish Tuuli, from Finnish Tuulikki — A forest goddess, daughter of Tapio in the Kalevala.

sivutuuli (Finnish): side wind; crosswind, beam reach

Definitions

  1. side wind; crosswind, beam reach

Ancestry of “sivutuuli”, step by step

sivutuuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Tuuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTuuliwind
2FinnishTuulikkiA forest goddess, daughter of Tapio in the Kalevala

via Finnish sivu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsivupage, side; side; flank

Words derived from “sivutuuli”

Every word from Finnish Tuulikki →Every word from Finnish Tuuli →
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