Where does “vanutuppo” come from?

vanutuppo (Finnish) comes from Finnish vanu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

vanutuppo (Finnish): swab, cotton swab, cotton pad

Definitions

  1. swab, cotton swab, cotton pad

Ancestry of “vanutuppo”, step by step

vanutuppo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vanu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvanucotton wool, absorbent cotton, wadding;...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish tuppo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuppotuft, wad, shock
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish vanu →