Where does “puhtauspalveluala” come from?

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

Ancestry of “puhtauspalveluala”, step by step

puhtauspalveluala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhtauspalvelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhtauspalvelucleaning and sanitation service
2Finnishpuhtauscleanliness, cleanness; cleanness; cleanness,...
3Finnishpuhdasclean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
4Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Finnish älä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtósEvery word from Proto-Finnic puhtas