Where does “piipunpuhdistaja” come from?
piipunpuhdistaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhdistaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
piipunpuhdistaja (Finnish): pipe cleaner
Definitions
- pipe cleaner
Ancestry of “piipunpuhdistaja”, step by step
piipunpuhdistaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puhdistaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puhdistaja | cleaner |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish piippu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piippu | pipe; barrel; Short for savupiippu |
| 2 | Swedish | pipa | a pipe, a smoking tool; the barrel of a gun; an... |
| 3 | Old Norse | pípa | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *pīpa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pīpǭ | A pipe or flute; a wind instrument; A pipe, duct,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 7 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |