Where does “tomuriepu” come from?

tomuriepu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tomu, from Proto-Finnic tomu — dust.

tomuriepu (Finnish): dustcloth, dustrag

Definitions

  1. dustcloth, dustrag

Ancestry of “tomuriepu”, step by step

tomuriepu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tomu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtomudust; ashes or remains; earth, soil
2Proto-Finnictomudust

via Finnish riepu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishriepuA rag; poor
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