Where does “mustekuivain” come from?

mustekuivain (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuivain, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

mustekuivain (Finnish): rocker blotter, blotting paper holder

Definitions

  1. rocker blotter, blotting paper holder

Ancestry of “mustekuivain”, step by step

mustekuivain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuivain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivaindryer; Genitive plural form of kuiva
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish muste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmusteink
2Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
3Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish kuivain →