Where does “hankauslevy” come from?
hankauslevy (Finnish) comes from Finnish hankaus, from Finnish hangata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
hankauslevy (Finnish): scrubbing pad
Ancestry of “hankauslevy”, step by step
hankauslevy 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 levy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | levy | plate; board; slab |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |