Where does “pölynaamari” come from?

pölynaamari (Finnish) comes from Finnish naamari, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

pölynaamari (Finnish): dust mask mask providing protection against dust

Definitions

  1. dust mask mask providing protection against dust

Ancestry of “pölynaamari”, step by step

pölynaamari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish naamari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaamarimask
2Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
3Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish pöly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölydust
2Proto-Finnicpölü—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ri →