Where does “puhdistusteho” come from?

puhdistusteho (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhdistus, from Finnish puhdistaa, from Finnish puhdas, from Proto-Finnic puhtas, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

puhdistusteho (Finnish): cleaning performance, cleaning efficiency

Definitions

  1. cleaning performance, cleaning efficiency

Ancestry of “puhdistusteho”, step by step

puhdistusteho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhdistus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuhdistusA cleansing; A purge
2Finnishpuhdistaato clean (up), clear (up), cleanse, purge, scour
3Finnishpuhdasclean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
4Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Finnish teho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehopower, effect; power; throughout
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhtas →