Where does “pyykinkuivaus” come from?

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

pyykinkuivaus (Finnish): drying laundry act of making or letting laundry, or washed clothes or fabrics, dry

Definitions

  1. drying laundry act of making or letting laundry, or washed clothes or fabrics, dry

Ancestry of “pyykinkuivaus”, step by step

pyykinkuivaus 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 kuivaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivausdrying
2Finnishkuivatato dry
3Finnishkuivadry; Indicative present connegative form of...
4Proto-Finnickuivadry

Words derived from “pyykinkuivaus

Every word from Middle Low German bükenEvery word from Swedish bykaEvery word from Swedish byk