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Where does “tuskaisa” come from?

tuskaisa (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuska, from Old East Slavic тъска.

tuskaisa (Finnish): painful; harrowing

Definitions

  1. painful; harrowing

Ancestry of “tuskaisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuskapain, distress, agony, suffering
2Old East Slavicтъска—

Words derived from “tuskaisa”

  • tuskaisasti
Every word from Old East Slavic тъска →