Where does “siivouskone” come from?

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

siivouskone (Finnish): cleaning machine

Definitions

  1. cleaning machine

Ancestry of “siivouskone”, step by step

siivouskone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siivous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiivoushousecleaning; decency
2Finnishsiivotato clean, to tidy up
3Proto-Finnicciivot'akto clean, to tidy up

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Finnic ciivot'ak →Every word from Finnish siivota →Every word from Finnish siivous →