Where does “kuivapesu” come from?

kuivapesu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

kuivapesu (Finnish): dry cleaning

Definitions

  1. dry cleaning

Ancestry of “kuivapesu”, step by step

kuivapesu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesuwash, washing
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish kuiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivadry; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnickuivadry
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish pesu →