Where does “pesupulveri” come from?

pesupulveri (Finnish) comes from Finnish pulveri, from Swedish pulver, from Latin pulvis, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

pesupulveri (Finnish): washing powder

Definitions

  1. washing powder

Ancestry of “pesupulveri”, step by step

pesupulveri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pulveri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpulveripowder
2Swedishpulverpowder; fine particles
3Latinpulvisdust, powder; an arena, place of contest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Finnish pesu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesuwash, washing
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Latin pulvis →Every word from Swedish pulver →