Where does “puuterisivellin” come from?

puuterisivellin (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.

puuterisivellin (Finnish): powder brush

Definitions

  1. powder brush

Ancestry of “puuterisivellin”, step by step

puuterisivellin 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 sivellin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsivellinpaintbrush
2Finnishsivelläto paint; to spread; to stroke
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Latin pulvis →Every word from Late Latin pulvera →