Where does “pureutua” come from?

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

pureutua (Finnish): to bite into, seize/grab with one's teeth; to...

Definitions

  1. to bite into, seize/grab with one's teeth; to...

Ancestry of “pureutua”, step by step

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