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Where does “puhdistuttaa” come from?

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

puhdistuttaa (Finnish): to have something cleaned

Definitions

  1. to have something cleaned

Ancestry of “puhdistuttaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuhdistaaTo clean , clear , cleanse, purge, scour; To...
2Finnishpuhdasclean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
3Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
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