Where does “suihkumyssy” come from?

suihkumyssy (Finnish) comes from Finnish suihku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

suihkumyssy (Finnish): shower cap

Definitions

  1. shower cap

Ancestry of “suihkumyssy”, step by step

suihkumyssy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suihku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuihkushower; jet; spray
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish myssy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyssycap, knit cap, toque; cosy
2Swedishmyssa—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish suihku →
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