Where does “pyykkikone” come from?

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

pyykkikone (Finnish): washing machine machine that washes clothes

Definitions

  1. washing machine machine that washes clothes

Ancestry of “pyykkikone”, step by step

pyykkikone 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 kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Middle Low German büken →Every word from Swedish byka →Every word from Swedish byk →
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