Where does “joulusiivous” come from?

joulusiivous (Finnish) comes from Finnish siivous, from Finnish siivota, from Proto-Finnic ciivot'ak — to clean, to tidy up.

joulusiivous (Finnish): Christmas cleaning

Definitions

  1. Christmas cleaning

Ancestry of “joulusiivous”, step by step

joulusiivous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siivous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiivoushousecleaning; decency
2Finnishsiivotato clean, to tidy up
3Proto-Finnicciivot'akto clean, to tidy up

via Finnish joulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjouluChristmas; Abbreviation of joulukuu
Every word from Proto-Finnic ciivot'ak →Every word from Finnish siivota →Every word from Finnish siivous →