Where does “pyyhe” come from?

pyyhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyyhkiä, from Proto-Finnic pühkidäk — to wipe; to sweep.

pyyhe (Finnish): towel; any piece of soft cloth, tissue paper etc....

Definitions

  1. towel; any piece of soft cloth, tissue paper etc....

Ancestry of “pyyhe”, step by step

pyyhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyyhkiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyyhkiäto wipe; to sweep; to erase
2Proto-Finnicpühkidäkto wipe; to sweep

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “pyyhe”

Every word from Proto-Finnic pühkidäk →