Where does “puhtaanapito” come from?

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

puhtaanapito (Finnish): sanitation, cleaning

Definitions

  1. sanitation, cleaning

Ancestry of “puhtaanapito”, step by step

puhtaanapito 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 pito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitokeeping, upkeep; spending; traction
2Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
3Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

Words derived from “puhtaanapito”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhtas →
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