Where does “pesumaja” come from?

pesumaja (Estonian) comes from Estonian pesu, from Estonian -u, from Proto-Uralic -w.

pesumaja (Estonian): launderette, laundromat

Definitions

  1. launderette, laundromat

Ancestry of “pesumaja”, step by step

pesumaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian pesu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpesuwashing; laundry; underclothes, underwear
2Estonian-uDerives nouns from verbs or prefixes
3Proto-Uralic-w—

via Estonian maja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmajahouse
2Proto-Finnicmajahouse
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Estonian -u →Every word from Estonian pesu →