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

Definitions

  1. scouring powder

Ancestry of “hankausjauhe”, step by step

hankausjauhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hankaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhankausrubbing
2Finnishhangatato rub; "~ vastaan:" to resist
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish jauhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhepowder; in compound terms in which jauhe is the...
2Finnishjauhaato grind, mince, chew; to jabber about silly or...
3Proto-Finnicjauhadakto grind
4Proto-Finno-Permicjaŋša-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -täEvery word from Finnish -taEvery word from Finnish hangata