Where does “kasvopyyhe” come from?

kasvopyyhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyyhe, from Finnish pyyhkiä, from Proto-Finnic pühkidäk — to wipe; to sweep.

kasvopyyhe (Finnish): face cloth, face towel

Definitions

  1. face cloth, face towel

Ancestry of “kasvopyyhe”, step by step

kasvopyyhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyyhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyyhetowel; any piece of soft cloth, tissue paper etc....
2Finnishpyyhkiäto wipe; to sweep; to erase
3Proto-Finnicpühkidäkto wipe; to sweep

via Finnish kasvot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvotface
Every word from Proto-Finnic pühkidäk