Where does “hienopesu” come from?

hienopesu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

hienopesu (Finnish): delicate wash, gentle wash for washing clothes, textiles, etc

Definitions

  1. delicate wash, gentle wash for washing clothes, textiles, etc

Ancestry of “hienopesu”, step by step

hienopesu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesuwash, washing
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish hieno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhienofine; elegant, fancy, posh; exquisite
2Proto-Finnicheenofine, thin

Words derived from “hienopesu”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish pesu →
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