Where does “tuulipölytys” come from?

tuulipölytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pölytys, from Finnish pölyttää, from Finnish pöly, from Proto-Finnic pölü.

tuulipölytys (Finnish): anemophily, wind pollination

Definitions

  1. anemophily, wind pollination

Ancestry of “tuulipölytys”, step by step

tuulipölytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pölytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölytysdusting; pollination
2Finnishpölyttääto dust; to pollinate
3Finnishpölydust
4Proto-Finnicpölü—

via Finnish Tuuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTuuliwind
2FinnishTuulikkiA forest goddess, daughter of Tapio in the Kalevala
Every word from Proto-Finnic pölü →Every word from Finnish pöly →Every word from Finnish pölyttää →