Where does “pölytä” come from?

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

pölytä (Finnish): To make dust; Indicative present connegative form...

Definitions

  1. To make dust; Indicative present connegative form...

Ancestry of “pölytä”, step by step

pölytä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pöly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölydust
2Proto-Finnicpölü

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...
Every word from Proto-Finnic pölüEvery word from Finnish pöly