Where does “kuivapesula” come from?

kuivapesula (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesula, from Finnish la, from Finnish lauantai, from Old Norse laugardagr, from Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic laugō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

kuivapesula (Finnish): dry cleaner business establishment that engages in dry cleaning

Definitions

  1. dry cleaner business establishment that engages in dry cleaning

Ancestry of “kuivapesula”, step by step

kuivapesula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesulalaundry
2FinnishlaAbbreviation of lauantai
3FinnishlauantaiSaturday
4Old NorselaugardagrSaturday
5Old Norselaugbath; hot spring; first-person singular past...
6Proto-Germaniclaugōbath, wash; soap, lye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

via Finnish kuiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivadry; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnickuivadry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic laugō →Every word from Old Norse laug →