Where does “tapettiharja” come from?

tapettiharja (Finnish) comes from Finnish harja, from Russian Харитон, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

tapettiharja (Finnish): wallpaper brush

Definitions

  1. wallpaper brush

Ancestry of “tapettiharja”, step by step

tapettiharja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharjabrush; mane; crest
2RussianХаритон—
3Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish tapetti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapettiwallpaper
2Swedishtapeta wallpaper
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →