Where does “puhtaanvalkea” come from?

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

puhtaanvalkea (Finnish): pure white

Definitions

  1. pure white

Ancestry of “puhtaanvalkea”, step by step

puhtaanvalkea 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 valkea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalkeawhite; bright; fire, campfire
2Proto-Finnicvalkedawhite
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwëlketa—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhtas →