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

  1. clean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...

Ancestry of “puhdas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “puhdas

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-