Where does “siivous” come from?

siivous (Finnish) comes from Finnish siivota, from Proto-Finnic ciivot'ak — to clean, to tidy up.

siivous (Finnish): housecleaning; decency

Definitions

  1. housecleaning; decency

Ancestry of “siivous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiivotato clean, to tidy up
2Proto-Finnicciivot'akto clean, to tidy up

Words derived from “siivous

Every word from Proto-Finnic ciivot'ak