niska

Finnish

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Definitions
  • (anatomy) nape, the back of the neck
  • a load bearing horizontal support column in a building
  • the upper end of koski (a series of small waterfalls) (the place where the rapid flow begins)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *niska.

Origin

Proto-Finnic

*niska

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