Where does “pesuvahend” come from?
pesuvahend (Estonian) comes from Estonian pesu, from Estonian -u, from Proto-Uralic -w.
pesuvahend (Estonian): detergent
Ancestry of “pesuvahend”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | pesu | washing; laundry; underclothes, underwear |
| 2 | Estonian | -u | Derives nouns from verbs or prefixes |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |