Where does “karvanpoistoaine” come from?
karvanpoistoaine (Finnish) comes from Finnish karvanpoisto, from Finnish poisto, from Finnish poistaa, from Finnish pois, from Finnish poikki-, from Finnish poikki, from Finnish poikitse, from Finnish itse — to laugh.
karvanpoistoaine (Finnish): depilatory agent substance that removes hair
Definitions
- depilatory agent substance that removes hair
Ancestry of “karvanpoistoaine”, step by step
karvanpoistoaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karvanpoisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karvanpoisto | A removal of hair, epilation, depilation |
| 2 | Finnish | poisto | removal; deletion; depreciation |
| 3 | Finnish | poistaa | to remove; to delete; "~ tuotannosta, myynnistä,... |
| 4 | Finnish | pois | away, off; off; minus, take away |
| 5 | Finnish | poikki- | cross-, transverse |
| 6 | Finnish | poikki | broken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,... |
| 7 | Finnish | poikitse | (Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out |
| 8 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 10 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |