Where does “alapurenta” come from?

alapurenta (Finnish) comes from Finnish purenta, from Finnish purra, from Finnish -skella, from Proto-Finnic -skeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk-.

alapurenta (Finnish): underbite

Definitions

  1. underbite

Ancestry of “alapurenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurentaocclusion
2FinnishpurraTo bite
3Finnish-skellaForms frequentative verbs, chiefly from...
4Proto-Finnic-skeldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-śk-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk- →Every word from Finnish -skella →Every word from Finnish purra →
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