Where does “puristusote” come from?
puristusote (Finnish) comes from Finnish ote, from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
puristusote (Finnish): pinch grip, compression grip
Definitions
- pinch grip, compression grip
Ancestry of “puristusote”, step by step
puristusote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ote | grasp, grip; approach, mindset; citation,... |
| 2 | Finnish | ottaa | to take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vottadak | to take |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |
via Finnish puristus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puristus | press, squeeze |
| 2 | Finnish | -us | Forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -us | Forms some nouns from nominal stems |