Where does “puristuma” come from?

puristuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish puristua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

puristuma (Finnish): compression, that which has become compressed

Definitions

  1. compression, that which has become compressed

Ancestry of “puristuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuristuato be pressed, get squeezed, be compressed
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish puristua →
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