Where does “hankausmoppi” come from?
hankausmoppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish hankaus, from Finnish hangata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
hankausmoppi (Finnish): safety mop
Ancestry of “hankausmoppi”, step by step
hankausmoppi 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 moppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | moppi | mop cleaning implement |
| 2 | English | MOP | GBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator |
| 3 | Middle English | mappe | — |
| 4 | Walloon | mappe | napkin |
| 5 | Latin | mappa | napkin; starting signal; map |