Where does “pureskella” come from?

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

pureskella (Finnish): to chew

Definitions

  1. to chew

Ancestry of “pureskella”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pureskella”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk- →Every word from Finnish -skella →Every word from Finnish purra →