Where does “puuvillasuodatin” come from?

puuvillasuodatin (Finnish) comes from Finnish puuvilla, from Finnish villa, from Finnish Vilhelm, from Swedish Vilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm, from Proto-Germanic helmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.

puuvillasuodatin (Finnish): cotton filter

Definitions

  1. cotton filter

Ancestry of “puuvillasuodatin”, step by step

puuvillasuodatin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puuvilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuvillacotton
2Finnishvillawool; villa
3FinnishVilhelmWilliam of foreign historical persons
4SwedishVilhelm—
5Old High GermanWillahelmWilliam
6Old High Germanhelmhelmet
7Proto-West Germanichelmhelmet
8Proto-Germanichelmazhelmet
9Proto-Germanichalmazhalm; stem; stalk; straw; hay
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱolh₂mosstalk
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab

via Finnish suodatin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuodatinfilter; First-person singular indicative past...
2FinnishsuodattaaTo filter
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱolh₂mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halmaz →