Where does “puhtausaste” come from?

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

puhtausaste (Finnish): degree of purity

Definitions

  1. degree of purity

Ancestry of “puhtausaste”, step by step

puhtausaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhtaus

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

via Finnish aste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastegrade; degree; degree, degree Celsius
2Finnishastuato step (on), tread (on), pace, stride
3Proto-Finnicastudakto step, to take steps
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhtas →