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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/puuska

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly related to *puskëdak.

Noun

*puuska

  1. gust, blast of wind

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: puuska
    • ? Karelian:
  • Livonian: pūškõ

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

*puuska

  1. hip, haunch
    Synonym: *landëh

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: puus, (archaic, dialectal) puusk
  • Finnish: puuska
  • Ingrian: puuska
  • Võro: puusk
  • Votic: puuskõ

Further reading

  • puus”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “puuska”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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