Where does “pölytys” come from?

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

pölytys (Finnish): dusting; pollination

Definitions

  1. dusting; pollination

Ancestry of “pölytys”, step by step

pölytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pölyttää

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

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “pölytys”

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