Where does “hiekkapuhallin” come from?

hiekkapuhallin (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiekka, from Finnish hieta, from Ingrian hiki, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka — a place behind.

hiekkapuhallin (Finnish): sandblaster device

Definitions

  1. sandblaster device

Ancestry of “hiekkapuhallin”, step by step

hiekkapuhallin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiekkasand; gravel, the small kind used to prevent...
2Finnishhietasilt, fine sand
3Ingrianhikisweat
4Finnish-stuaForms translative verbs
5Finnish-staaForms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or...
6Finnishsaalistaato prey, hunt
7FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
8Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
9Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
10Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish puhallin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhallinblower, a device that blows; wind instrument
2FinnishpuhaltaaTo blow; To blow on, play, sound; Third-person...
3FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
4Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
5Proto-Uralicpuše-blow
Every word from Proto-Uralic taka