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Where does “tyrske” come from?

tyrske (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyrskiä, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

tyrske (Finnish): surge, roil, splash

Definitions

  1. surge, roil, splash

Ancestry of “tyrske”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyrskiäto splash, to billow, to roil; to giggle
2FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
3Finnishjaand; AND
4Proto-Finnicja—
5Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
6Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
7Proto-Germanic-hwe—
8Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
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