Where does “tuiskinta” come from?

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

tuiskinta (Finnish): billowing; snapping

Definitions

  1. billowing; snapping

Ancestry of “tuiskinta”, step by step

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