Where does “pölyriepu” come from?

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

pölyriepu (Finnish): dustcloth, dustrag

Definitions

  1. dustcloth, dustrag

Ancestry of “pölyriepu”, step by step

pölyriepu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pöly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölydust
2Proto-Finnicpölü—

via Finnish riepu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishriepuA rag; poor
Every word from Proto-Finnic pölü →Every word from Finnish pöly →