Where does “kiillotusharja” come from?

kiillotusharja (Finnish) comes from Finnish harja, from Russian Харитон, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

kiillotusharja (Finnish): polishing brush

Definitions

  1. polishing brush

Ancestry of “kiillotusharja”, step by step

kiillotusharja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharjabrush; mane; crest
2RussianХаритон
3Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish kiillotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiillotuspolishing
2FinnishkiillottaaTo polish, shine
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus