Where does “kuivausrumpu” come from?

kuivausrumpu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuivaus, from Finnish kuivata, from Finnish kuiva, from Proto-Finnic kuiva — dry.

kuivausrumpu (Finnish): tumble dryer

Definitions

  1. tumble dryer

Ancestry of “kuivausrumpu”, step by step

kuivausrumpu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuivaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivausdrying
2Finnishkuivatato dry
3Finnishkuivadry; Indicative present connegative form of...
4Proto-Finnickuivadry

via Finnish rumpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrumpudrum; cylinder; underpass built under e.g. roads...
2Old Swedishtrumba—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kuiva →Every word from Finnish kuiva →Every word from Finnish kuivata →