Where does “tuskaisuus” come from?

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

tuskaisuus (Finnish): painfulness

Definitions

  1. painfulness

Ancestry of “tuskaisuus”, step by step

tuskaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuskainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuskainensuffering, in pain; angstful, anguished, agonized
2Finnishtuskapain, distress, agony, suffering
3Old East Slavicтъска—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Old East Slavic тъска →Every word from Finnish tuska →Every word from Finnish tuskainen →