Where does “siivoustalkoot” come from?

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

siivoustalkoot (Finnish): an event in which a common effort is taken to clean up some place, usually with relatively many people

Definitions

  1. an event in which a common effort is taken to clean up some place, usually with relatively many people

Ancestry of “siivoustalkoot”, step by step

siivoustalkoot 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 talkoot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalkootbee; Synonym of talkootyö
Every word from Proto-Finnic ciivot'ak →Every word from Finnish siivota →Every word from Finnish siivous →
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