Where does “ristipölytteinen” come from?

ristipölytteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Risti, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

ristipölytteinen (Finnish): cross-pollinating

Definitions

  1. cross-pollinating

Ancestry of “ristipölytteinen”, step by step

ristipölytteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Risti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRisticross
2Finnish-iäinenFront vowel variant of -iainen
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish pölyttää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölyttääto dust; to pollinate
2Finnishpölydust
3Proto-Finnicpölü—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →