Where does “lumppukuitu” come from?

lumppukuitu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuitu, from Proto-Finnic kuitu, from Proto-Finno-Permic kujčɜ.

lumppukuitu (Finnish): rag fiber fiber extracted from rags

Definitions

  1. rag fiber fiber extracted from rags

Ancestry of “lumppukuitu”, step by step

lumppukuitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuitufiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu
2Proto-Finnickuitu(flax) fibre/fiber
3Proto-Finno-Permickujčɜ—

via Finnish lumppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlumppurags; a sexually promiscuous woman, a slut
2Swedishlumprag
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kujčɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuitu →Every word from Finnish kuitu →