Where does “pesutupa” come from?

pesutupa (Finnish) comes from Finnish tupa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tupa, from Icelandic stofa, from Old Norse stofa, from German stōve, from Old Saxon *stova, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

pesutupa (Finnish): communal laundry room shared by the inhabitants...

Definitions

  1. communal laundry room shared by the inhabitants...

Ancestry of “pesutupa”, step by step

pesutupa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tupa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtupaliving room, main room; cottage, cot; room
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tupa—
3Icelandicstofaa living room; a classroom, a room
4Old Norsestofaroom, living room
5Germanstōve—
6Old Saxon*stova—
7Proto-West Germanic*stobu—

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-West Germanic *stobu →Every word from Old Saxon *stova →Every word from German stōve →