Where does “tuskanhiki” come from?

tuskanhiki (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiki, from Proto-Finnic hiki — sweat, perspiration.

tuskanhiki (Finnish): cold sweat

Definitions

  1. cold sweat

Ancestry of “tuskanhiki”, step by step

tuskanhiki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhikisweat, perspiration
2Proto-Finnichikisweat, perspiration

via Finnish tuska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuskapain, distress, agony, suffering
2Old East Slavicтъска—
Every word from Proto-Finnic hiki →Every word from Finnish hiki →