Where does “valkopesu” come from?

valkopesu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

valkopesu (Finnish): whitewash

Definitions

  1. whitewash

Ancestry of “valkopesu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesuwash, washing
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish pesu →