Where does “pölinä” come from?

pölinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pölistä, from Finnish pöly, from Proto-Finnic pölü.

pölinä (Finnish): dusting; twaddle

Definitions

  1. dusting; twaddle

Ancestry of “pölinä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölistäto shed dust; to babble, prattle; jabber
2Finnishpölydust
3Proto-Finnicpölü—
Every word from Proto-Finnic pölü →Every word from Finnish pöly →Every word from Finnish pölistä →