Where does “puuterihuisku” come from?

puuterihuisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish puuteri, from Swedish puder, from French poudre, from Old French poudre, from Late Latin pulvera, from Latin pulvis, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

puuterihuisku (Finnish): powder puff

Definitions

  1. powder puff

Ancestry of “puuterihuisku”, step by step

puuterihuisku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puuteri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuteripowder; powder snow
2Swedishpuderpowder
3Frenchpoudrepowder; dust
4Old Frenchpoudrepowder; dust
5Late Latinpulvera—
6Latinpulvisdust, powder; an arena, place of contest
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Finnish huisku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhuiskuA whisk
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 Late Latin pulvera →