Where does “pesuvahend” come from?

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

pesuvahend (Estonian): detergent

Definitions

  1. detergent

Ancestry of “pesuvahend”, step by step

pesuvahend 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 vahend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvahend—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Estonian -u →Every word from Estonian pesu →