Where does “puhdas” come from?
puhdas (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic puhtas, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.
puhdas (Finnish): clean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
Definitions
- clean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
Ancestry of “puhdas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | puhtas | clean |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |
Words derived from “puhdas”