Where does “sinkopuhdistus” come from?

sinkopuhdistus (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhdistus, from Finnish puhdistaa, from Finnish puhdas, from Proto-Finnic puhtas, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

sinkopuhdistus (Finnish): shot blasting, shot-blast cleaning

Definitions

  1. shot blasting, shot-blast cleaning

Ancestry of “sinkopuhdistus”, step by step

sinkopuhdistus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhdistus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuhdistusA cleansing; A purge
2Finnishpuhdistaato clean (up), clear (up), cleanse, purge, scour
3Finnishpuhdasclean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
4Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Finnish sinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsinkoa (usually shoulder-fired) weapon which fires anti-tank projectiles; recoilless rifle, rocket launcher especially a shoulder-fired one; colloquial bazooka
2Finnishsingotato fling, hurl, throw, dart; to catapult
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhtas →