Where does “puhkaista” come from?

puhkaista (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhki-, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

puhkaista (Finnish): to pierce, puncture

Definitions

  1. to pierce, puncture

Ancestry of “puhkaista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhki-—
2Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
3Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

Words derived from “puhkaista”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish puhki- →
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