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
Ancestry of “pyykinkuivain”, step by step
pyykinkuivain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pyykki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pyykki | laundry; A post that is used to mark something,... |
| 2 | Swedish | byk | a bunch of clothes to be washed |
| 3 | Swedish | byka | to wash |
| 4 | Middle Low German | büken | — |
via Finnish kuivain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuivain | dryer; Genitive plural form of kuiva |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |