Where does “pölyte” come from?

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

pölyte (Finnish): dust, powder, pollen, particles

Definitions

  1. dust, powder, pollen, particles

Ancestry of “pölyte”, step by step

pölyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pölyttää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölyttääto dust; to pollinate
2Finnishpölydust
3Proto-Finnicpölü—

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “pölyte”

Every word from Proto-Finnic pölü →Every word from Finnish pöly →Every word from Finnish pölyttää →