Where does “pyykinkuivain” come from?

pyykinkuivain (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyykki, from Swedish byk, from Swedish byka, from Middle Low German büken.

pyykinkuivain (Finnish): clothes dryer

Definitions

  1. clothes dryer

Ancestry of “pyykinkuivain”, step by step

pyykinkuivain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyykki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyykkilaundry; A post that is used to mark something,...
2Swedishbyka bunch of clothes to be washed
3Swedishbykato wash
4Middle Low Germanbüken

via Finnish kuivain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivaindryer; Genitive plural form of kuiva
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Middle Low German bükenEvery word from Swedish bykaEvery word from Swedish byk