Where does “huuhtelukäymälä” come from?
huuhtelukäymälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish huuhtelu, from Finnish huuhdella, from Finnish huuhtoa, from Proto-Finnic huhtodak, from Proto-Finno-Permic šukštɜ-.
huuhtelukäymälä (Finnish): Synonym of vesivessa
Definitions
- Synonym of vesivessa
Ancestry of “huuhtelukäymälä”, step by step
huuhtelukäymälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish huuhtelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | huuhtelu | flush; rinse, the act of rinsing |
| 2 | Finnish | huuhdella | to flush; to rinse; to wash |
| 3 | Finnish | huuhtoa | to rinse, wash; to wash |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | huhtodak | to rinse, to wash (to move by the force of water in motion) |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | šukštɜ- | — |
via Finnish käymälä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käymälä | lavatory, toilet |
| 2 | Finnish | käydä | to visit, go to (and return), attend (a place) |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | käüdäk | to walk, to go |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | käwe- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *skēwijaną | to go |