Where does “pureksinta” come from?

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

pureksinta (Finnish): chewing, mastication

Definitions

  1. chewing, mastication

Ancestry of “pureksinta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpureksiato chew
2FinnishpurraTo bite
3Finnish-skellaForms frequentative verbs, chiefly from...
4Proto-Finnic-skeldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-śk-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk- →Every word from Finnish -skella →Every word from Finnish purra →