Where does “pölyhuisku” come from?

pölyhuisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish huisku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

pölyhuisku (Finnish): duster, dusting brush

Definitions

  1. duster, dusting brush

Ancestry of “pölyhuisku”, step by step

pölyhuisku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish huisku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhuiskuA whisk
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish pöly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölydust
2Proto-Finnicpölü—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish huisku →