Where does “tuiskia” come from?

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

tuiskia (Finnish): to billow; to snap

Definitions

  1. to billow; to snap

Ancestry of “tuiskia”, step by step

tuiskia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuisku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuiskublizzard, snowstorm
2Proto-Finnictuiskublizzard, snowstorm

via Finnish tiuskia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiuskiato snap; speak snappily or irritably; be snappy over a period of time

Words derived from “tuiskia”

Every word from Proto-Finnic tuisku →Every word from Finnish tuisku →