Where does “puristemehu” come from?

puristemehu (Finnish) comes from Finnish mehu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

puristemehu (Finnish): must pressed fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes

Definitions

  1. must pressed fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes

Ancestry of “puristemehu”, step by step

puristemehu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mehu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmehujuice; cordial
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish puriste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuristebriquet
2Finnishpuristaato press; to clasp, grasp, grip, squeeze, shake,...
3Finnishpuristato make a quiet purring sound; to talk quietly or...
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