Where does “puhdaskielinen” come from?

puhdaskielinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhdas, from Proto-Finnic puhtas, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

puhdaskielinen (Finnish): purist

Definitions

  1. purist

Ancestry of “puhdaskielinen”, step by step

puhdaskielinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhdas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhdasclean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
2Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

Words derived from “puhdaskielinen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →