Where does “ydinisku” come from?
ydinisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish isku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
ydinisku (Finnish): nuclear strike
Ancestry of “ydinisku”, step by step
ydinisku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish isku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | isku | hit, blow; impact; attentat, attack, strike, raid |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
via Finnish ydin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ydin | core, kernel, the central part of something;... |
| 2 | Friulian | Udin | Udine |
| 3 | Arabic | الدِّين | — |