Where does “puriiniemäs” come from?

puriiniemäs (Finnish) comes from Finnish emäs, from Finnish emä, from Proto-Finnic emä, from Proto-Uralic emä — mother.

puriiniemäs (Finnish): purine base

Definitions

  1. purine base

Ancestry of “puriiniemäs”, step by step

puriiniemäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish emäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishemäsbase
2Finnishemämother; mother of an animal, dam; womb
3Proto-Finnicemämother
4Proto-Uralicemämother

via Finnish puriini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuriinipurine
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Finnish emä →