Where does “puhdasvalupinta” come from?

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

puhdasvalupinta (Finnish): fair-faced concrete (surface)

Definitions

  1. fair-faced concrete (surface)

Ancestry of “puhdasvalupinta”, step by step

puhdasvalupinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhdasvalu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhdasvalufair-faced concrete casting
2Finnishpuhdasclean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
3Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Finnish pinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpintasurface
2Proto-Finnicpintasurface; sapwood; fat
3Proto-Germanicspindazfat; lard; grease; smear; marrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-