Where does “pureskelu” come from?
pureskelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pureskella, from Finnish purra, from Finnish -skella, from Proto-Finnic -skeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk-.
pureskelu (Finnish): chewing, mastication
Definitions
- chewing, mastication
Ancestry of “pureskelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pureskella | to chew |
| 2 | Finnish | purra | To bite |
| 3 | Finnish | -skella | Forms frequentative verbs, chiefly from... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -skeldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -śk- | — |