Where does “sienipesin” come from?
sienipesin (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
sienipesin (Finnish): sponge mop
Ancestry of “sienipesin”, step by step
sienipesin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pesin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pesin | washer; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish sieni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sieni | fungus; mushroom; sponge, bath sponge; shorter... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | seeni | fungus; mushroom |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śänä | bracket fungus |