Where does “pyykinpesu” come from?
pyykinpesu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyykki, from Swedish byk, from Swedish byka, from Middle Low German büken.
pyykinpesu (Finnish): laundering
Ancestry of “pyykinpesu”, step by step
pyykinpesu 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 pesu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pesu | wash, washing |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
Words derived from “pyykinpesu”