Where does “pesukinnas” come from?

pesukinnas (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

pesukinnas (Finnish): washing mitt

Definitions

  1. washing mitt

Ancestry of “pesukinnas”, step by step

pesukinnas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesuwash, washing
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish kinnas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkinnasmitten
2Proto-Finnickindasglove, mitten
3Proto-Baltickimdas—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish pesu →