Where does “puretin” come from?

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

puretin (Finnish): mordant substance used to facilitate dye fixing

Definitions

  1. mordant substance used to facilitate dye fixing

Ancestry of “puretin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurettaato mordant subject to or imbue with a mordant
2FinnishpurraTo bite
3Finnish-skellaForms frequentative verbs, chiefly from...
4Proto-Finnic-skeldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-śk-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -śk- →Every word from Finnish -skella →Every word from Finnish purra →