Where does “smirgelikangas” come from?
smirgelikangas (Finnish) comes from Finnish smirgeli, from German Schmirgel, from Italian smeriglio, from Greek σμερίλιον, from Ancient Greek σμερί, from Ancient Greek σμύρις — emery-powder, used by lapidaries.
smirgelikangas (Finnish): emery cloth
Ancestry of “smirgelikangas”, step by step