Where does “purema” come from?
purema (Finnish) comes from Finnish purra, from Finnish -skella, from Proto-Finnic -skeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk-.
purema (Finnish): bite; Agent participle of purra
Definitions
- bite; Agent participle of purra
Ancestry of “purema”, step by step
purema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish purra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | purra | To bite |
| 2 | Finnish | -skella | Forms frequentative verbs, chiefly from... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -skeldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -śk- | — |
via Finnish mä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 2 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 4 | Uralic | *minä | — |
Words derived from “purema”