Where does “tuiskina” come from?

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

tuiskina (Finnish): billowing; snapping

Definitions

  1. billowing; snapping

Ancestry of “tuiskina”, step by step

tuiskina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuiskia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuiskiato billow; to snap
2Finnishtuiskublizzard, snowstorm
3Proto-Finnictuiskublizzard, snowstorm

via Finnish nä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic tuisku →Every word from Finnish tuisku →Every word from Finnish tuiskia →