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Where does “purenta” come from?

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

purenta (Finnish): occlusion

Definitions

  1. occlusion

Ancestry of “purenta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “purenta”

  • purentavika
  • yläpurenta
  • alapurenta
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