Where does “pakkasenpurema” come from?
pakkasenpurema (Finnish) comes from Finnish purema, from Finnish purra, from Finnish -skella, from Proto-Finnic -skeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk-.
pakkasenpurema (Finnish): frostbite
Ancestry of “pakkasenpurema”, step by step
pakkasenpurema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish purema
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | purema | bite; Agent participle of purra |
| 2 | Finnish | purra | To bite |
| 3 | Finnish | -skella | Forms frequentative verbs, chiefly from... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -skeldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -śk- | — |
via Finnish pakkanen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pakkanen | frost, sub-zero temperature of ambient air; in... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pakkainen | frost |