Where does “ristipölytys” come from?
ristipölytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish Risti, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
ristipölytys (Finnish): cross-pollination
Ancestry of “ristipölytys”, step by step
ristipölytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Risti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Risti | cross |
| 2 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish pölytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pölytys | dusting; pollination |
| 2 | Finnish | pölyttää | to dust; to pollinate |
| 3 | Finnish | pöly | dust |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pölü | — |