Where does “kirpunpurema” come from?

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

kirpunpurema (Finnish): flea bite

Definitions

  1. flea bite

Ancestry of “kirpunpurema”, step by step

kirpunpurema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish purema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuremabite; Agent participle of purra
2FinnishpurraTo bite
3Finnish-skellaForms frequentative verbs, chiefly from...
4Proto-Finnic-skeldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-śk-—

via Finnish kirppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirppuflea
2Proto-Finnickirppuflea
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk- →Every word from Finnish -skella →Every word from Finnish purra →