Where does “hankausjauhe” come from?
hankausjauhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish hankaus, from Finnish hangata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
hankausjauhe (Finnish): scouring powder
Ancestry of “hankausjauhe”, step by step
hankausjauhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hankaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hankaus | rubbing |
| 2 | Finnish | hangata | to rub; "~ vastaan:" to resist |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish jauhe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jauhe | powder; in compound terms in which jauhe is the... |
| 2 | Finnish | jauhaa | to grind, mince, chew; to jabber about silly or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jauhadak | to grind |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | jaŋša- | — |