Where does “kylpysaippua” come from?
kylpysaippua (Finnish) comes from Finnish kylpy, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
kylpysaippua (Finnish): bath soap
Ancestry of “kylpysaippua”, step by step
kylpysaippua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kylpy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kylpy | bath |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
via Finnish saippua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | saippua | soap |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | saipǭ | soap |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | seyb- | to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,... |