Where does “pelastuspuku” come from?

pelastuspuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish pelastus, from Finnish pelastaa, from Finnish -taa, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

pelastuspuku (Finnish): immersion suit, survival suit

Definitions

  1. immersion suit, survival suit

Ancestry of “pelastuspuku”, step by step

pelastuspuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelastus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelastusrescue act of rescuing
2Finnishpelastaato save, rescue
3Finnish-taaForms causative verbs; Forms verbs from nouns and...
4Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish puku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpukusuit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers
2Zulumpuku
3Proto-Bantu*pʊ́kʊ̀rat, mouse
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta-Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadakEvery word from Finnish -taa