Where does “tempaisu” come from?

tempaisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tempaista, from Finnish temmata, from Proto-Finnic tembait'ak — to pull, to yank.

tempaisu (Finnish): wrench, tug, yank

Definitions

  1. wrench, tug, yank

Ancestry of “tempaisu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtempaistato wrench, tug, yank
2Finnishtemmatato snatch, grab, jerk, pull, tear; to draw
3Proto-Finnictembait'akto pull, to yank
Every word from Proto-Finnic tembait'ak →Every word from Finnish temmata →Every word from Finnish tempaista →