Where does “tyhjennyskierukka” come from?
tyhjennyskierukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyhjennys, from Finnish tyhjentää, from Finnish tyhjä, from Proto-Finnic tühjä, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tuskjas, from Proto-Indo-European tews-, from Proto-Indo-European tu- — to swell; bird-cry, shriek.
Ancestry of “tyhjennyskierukka”, step by step
tyhjennyskierukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tyhjennys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tyhjennys | emptying; exhaustion; clearance |
| 2 | Finnish | tyhjentää | to empty, exhaust; Third-person singular... |
| 3 | Finnish | tyhjä | empty; blank; void |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tühjä | empty |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tuskjas | empty |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tews- | to be empty; to drain; to be happy |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tu- | to swell; bird-cry, shriek |