Where does “astianpesijä” come from?

astianpesijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesijä, from Finnish pesiä, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

astianpesijä (Finnish): dishwasher

Definitions

  1. dishwasher

Ancestry of “astianpesijä”, step by step

astianpesijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesijänester; washer
2FinnishpesiäTo nest
3FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
4Finnishjaand; AND
5Proto-Finnicjaand
6Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
7Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
8Proto-Germanic-hwe
9Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish astia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastiacontainer, vessel, receptacle; dish; bin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw