Where does “tuiskusää” come from?

tuiskusää (Finnish) comes from Finnish sää, from Proto-Finnic sää, from Proto-Finno-Ugric säŋe — air.

tuiskusää (Finnish): snowstorm conditions, blizzard conditions; snowy and windy weather

Definitions

  1. snowstorm conditions, blizzard conditions; snowy and windy weather

Ancestry of “tuiskusää”, step by step

tuiskusää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsääweather; you; fiber, thread, strand
2Proto-Finnicsääweather
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsäŋeair

via Finnish tuisku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuiskublizzard, snowstorm
2Proto-Finnictuiskublizzard, snowstorm
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric säŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic sää →Every word from Finnish sää →