Where does “pölyräjähdys” come from?

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

pölyräjähdys (Finnish): a dust explosion

Definitions

  1. a dust explosion

Ancestry of “pölyräjähdys”, step by step

pölyräjähdys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pöly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölydust
2Proto-Finnicpölü—

via Finnish räjähdys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräjähdysexplosion
2Finnishräjähtääto explode, burst, blow up; to detonate; to blow...
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