Where does “yleispuhdistusaine” come from?

yleispuhdistusaine (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhdistusaine, from Finnish puhdistus, from Finnish puhdistaa, from Finnish puhdas, from Proto-Finnic puhtas, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

yleispuhdistusaine (Finnish): all-purpose cleaner, general-purpose cleaner

Definitions

  1. all-purpose cleaner, general-purpose cleaner

Ancestry of “yleispuhdistusaine”, step by step

yleispuhdistusaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhdistusaine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhdistusainecleanser, detergent
2FinnishpuhdistusA cleansing; A purge
3Finnishpuhdistaato clean (up), clear (up), cleanse, purge, scour
4Finnishpuhdasclean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
5Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Finnish yleinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyleinencommon, widespread; mutual; generic, general,...
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhtas →