Where does “talopesula” come from?

talopesula (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesula, from Finnish la, from Finnish lauantai, from Old Norse laugardagr, from Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic laugō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

talopesula (Finnish): communal laundry room of one or multiple apartment buildings

Definitions

  1. communal laundry room of one or multiple apartment buildings

Ancestry of “talopesula”, step by step

talopesula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesulalaundry
2FinnishlaAbbreviation of lauantai
3FinnishlauantaiSaturday
4Old NorselaugardagrSaturday
5Old Norselaugbath; hot spring; first-person singular past...
6Proto-Germaniclaugōbath, wash; soap, lye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

via Finnish talo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalohouse; building; farm, homestead
2Ludiantaloifarm; house
3Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
4Proto-Baltictalˀa-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic laugō →Every word from Old Norse laug →