Where does “rumpukuivain” come from?

rumpukuivain (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuivain, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

rumpukuivain (Finnish): drum dryer, rotary dryer

Definitions

  1. drum dryer, rotary dryer

Ancestry of “rumpukuivain”, step by step

rumpukuivain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuivain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivaindryer; Genitive plural form of kuiva
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish rumpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrumpudrum; cylinder; underpass built under e.g. roads...
2Old Swedishtrumba—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish kuivain →