Where does “puraisu” come from?
puraisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish puraista, from Finnish purra, from Finnish -skella, from Proto-Finnic -skeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk-.
puraisu (Finnish): bite
Ancestry of “puraisu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | puraista | to bite once |
| 2 | Finnish | purra | To bite |
| 3 | Finnish | -skella | Forms frequentative verbs, chiefly from... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -skeldak | — |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -śk- | — |