Where does “karvasivellin” come from?

karvasivellin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sivellin, from Finnish sivellä, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

karvasivellin (Finnish): hair brush, hair paintbrush

Definitions

  1. hair brush, hair paintbrush

Ancestry of “karvasivellin”, step by step

karvasivellin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sivellin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsivellinpaintbrush
2Finnishsivelläto paint; to spread; to stroke
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—

via Finnish karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -ella →Every word from Finnish sivellä →