Where does “höyrypesuri” come from?

höyrypesuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesuri, from Finnish pesu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

höyrypesuri (Finnish): steam cleaner

Definitions

  1. steam cleaner

Ancestry of “höyrypesuri”, step by step

höyrypesuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesuriwasher machine that washes
2Finnishpesuwash, washing
3Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
4Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish höyry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöyrysteam; vapor
2Proto-Finnicheürü—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish pesu →