Where does “kuivaustela” come from?
kuivaustela (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuivaus, from Finnish kuivata, from Finnish kuiva, from Proto-Finnic kuiva — dry.
kuivaustela (Finnish): roller squeegee
Ancestry of “kuivaustela”, step by step
kuivaustela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuivaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuivaus | drying |
| 2 | Finnish | kuivata | to dry |
| 3 | Finnish | kuiva | dry; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kuiva | dry |
via Finnish tela
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tela | a log or other piece of wood used as support to... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þelą | floor; deal |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tel- | flat; board, plank; to be still; to build |