Where does “puristussuhde” come from?

puristussuhde (Finnish) comes from Finnish puristus, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

puristussuhde (Finnish): compression ratio

Definitions

  1. compression ratio

Ancestry of “puristussuhde”, step by step

puristussuhde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puristus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuristuspress, squeeze
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish suhde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuhdeproportion, ratio; relationship, affair; attitude
2Finnishsuhtaratio, proportion
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish puristus →
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