Where does “purevuus” come from?

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

purevuus (Finnish): bitingness

Definitions

  1. bitingness

Ancestry of “purevuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurevabiting; bitter, acerb, acerbic, sarcastic;...
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 →