Where does “hankaussieni” come from?

hankaussieni (Finnish) comes from Finnish hankaus, from Finnish hangata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

hankaussieni (Finnish): scouring pad, scouring sponge pad with sponge-like and abrasive side

Definitions

  1. scouring pad, scouring sponge pad with sponge-like and abrasive side

Ancestry of “hankaussieni”, step by step

hankaussieni 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 sieni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsienifungus; mushroom; sponge, bath sponge; shorter...
2Proto-Finnicseenifungus; mushroom
3Proto-Uralicśänäbracket fungus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish hangata →