Where does “pesuriepu” come from?

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

pesuriepu (Finnish): washcloth

Definitions

  1. washcloth

Ancestry of “pesuriepu”, step by step

pesuriepu 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 riepu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishriepuA rag; poor
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish pesu →