Where does “pesunkestävä” come from?

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

pesunkestävä (Finnish): washable capable of being washed, usually with water, without damage

Definitions

  1. washable capable of being washed, usually with water, without damage

Ancestry of “pesunkestävä”, step by step

pesunkestävä 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 kestävä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkestävädurable, lasting, long-lasting; sustainable;...
2Finnishkestääto cope, stand, withstand, endure, hold up; to...
3Proto-Finnickestädäkto last, endure

Words derived from “pesunkestävä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish pesu →