Where does “puremakohta” come from?

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

puremakohta (Finnish): a spot (on the skin, etc.) with a bite from an animal, etc

Definitions

  1. a spot (on the skin, etc.) with a bite from an animal, etc

Ancestry of “puremakohta”, step by step

puremakohta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish purra

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

via Finnish kohta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohtapresently, soon; place, location, spot; A...
2Proto-Finnickoktaplace, location, spot
3Proto-Uralickoptaplace
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk- →Every word from Finnish -skella →Every word from Finnish purra →