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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuiskublizzard, snowstorm
2Proto-Finnictuiskublizzard, snowstorm

Words derived from “tuiskia”

  • tuiske
  • tuiskina
  • tuiskinta
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