Where does “kisk” come from?

kisk (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic kiskoidak — to pull, to wrench, to tear.

kisk (Livonian): tear

Definitions

  1. tear

Ancestry of “kisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickiskoidakto pull, to wrench, to tear
Every word from Proto-Finnic kiskoidak
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