Where does “purentavirhe” come from?

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

purentavirhe (Finnish): malocclusion misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth

Definitions

  1. malocclusion misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth

Ancestry of “purentavirhe”, step by step

purentavirhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish purenta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurentaocclusion
2FinnishpurraTo bite
3Finnish-skellaForms frequentative verbs, chiefly from...
4Proto-Finnic-skeldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-śk-—

via Finnish virhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirhemistake; error; flaw
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk- →Every word from Finnish -skella →Every word from Finnish purra →