Where does “rumpukuivuri” come from?
rumpukuivuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuivuri, from Finnish kuivata, from Finnish kuiva, from Proto-Finnic kuiva — dry.
Ancestry of “rumpukuivuri”, step by step
rumpukuivuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuivuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuivuri | grain dryer |
| 2 | Finnish | kuivata | to dry |
| 3 | Finnish | kuiva | dry; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kuiva | dry |
via Finnish rumpu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rumpu | drum; cylinder; underpass built under e.g. roads... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | trumba | — |