Where does “taikaisku” come from?
taikaisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish taika, from Proto-Finnic taika, from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
taikaisku (Finnish): stroke of magic
Ancestry of “taikaisku”, step by step
taikaisku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taika | magic; spell, enchantment |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | taika | witchcraft |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
via Finnish isku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | isku | hit, blow; impact; attentat, attack, strike, raid |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |