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Where does “tuiske” come from?

tuiske (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuiskia, from Finnish tuisku, from Proto-Finnic tuisku — blizzard, snowstorm.

tuiske (Finnish): bustle, fuss, fluster

Definitions

  1. bustle, fuss, fluster

Ancestry of “tuiske”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuiskiato billow; to snap
2Finnishtuiskublizzard, snowstorm
3Proto-Finnictuiskublizzard, snowstorm
Every word from Proto-Finnic tuisku →