Where does “jauhopöly” come from?

jauhopöly (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöly, from Proto-Finnic pölü.

jauhopöly (Finnish): flour dust

Definitions

  1. flour dust

Ancestry of “jauhopöly”, step by step

jauhopöly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pöly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölydust
2Proto-Finnicpölü—

via Finnish jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho—
Every word from Proto-Finnic pölü →Every word from Finnish pöly →