Where does “puras” come from?

puras (Finnish) comes from Finnish pura, from Proto-Finnic pura, from Proto-Uralic pura- — to drill, to bore.

puras (Finnish): borax

Definitions

  1. borax

Ancestry of “puras”, step by step

puras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuraSynonym of purasin; Indicative present...
2Proto-Finnicpuradrill
3Proto-Uralicpura-to drill, to bore

via Swedish borax

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishborax—

Words derived from “puras”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pura- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pura →Every word from Finnish pura →
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