Where does “viljankuivuri” come from?
viljankuivuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuivuri, from Finnish kuivata, from Finnish kuiva, from Proto-Finnic kuiva — dry.
viljankuivuri (Finnish): grain dryer
Ancestry of “viljankuivuri”, step by step
viljankuivuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuivuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuivuri | grain dryer |
| 2 | Finnish | kuivata | to dry |
| 3 | Finnish | kuiva | dry; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kuiva | dry |
via Finnish Vilja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Vilja | grain, cereal, corn type of grass cultivated for its edible grains |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vilja | grain, cereal; abundance, plenty |