ponnistaa
Finnish
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To push; to bear down.
- (intransitive) To push off, leap, jump.
- (intransitive) To try hard, make a massive/great/supreme effort, put one's back into it: to struggle, strive.
Etymology
Suffix from Finnish ponsi.
Origin
Finnish
ponsi
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lihasponnistus Finnish
- mahtipontinen Finnish
- ponnahtaa Finnish
- ponnekas Finnish
- ponneton Finnish
- ponnin Finnish
- ponnistautua Finnish
- ponnistella Finnish
- ponnistelu Finnish
- ponnistus Finnish
- ponnistusvoima Finnish
- ponsi Finnish
- ponteva Finnish
- *ponci Proto-Finnic