Where does “puraista” come from?

puraista (Finnish) comes from Finnish purra, from Finnish -skella, from Proto-Finnic -skeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk-.

puraista (Finnish): to bite once

Definitions

  1. to bite once

Ancestry of “puraista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpurraTo bite
2Finnish-skellaForms frequentative verbs, chiefly from...
3Proto-Finnic-skeldakForms frequentative verbs
4Proto-Finno-Ugric-śk-—

Words derived from “puraista”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk- →Every word from Finnish -skella →Every word from Finnish purra →