Where does “purkausvirta” come from?

purkausvirta (Finnish) comes from Finnish purkaus, from Finnish purkaa, from Proto-Finnic purkadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic purka-.

purkausvirta (Finnish): discharge current

Definitions

  1. discharge current

Ancestry of “purkausvirta”, step by step

purkausvirta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish purkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurkausan eruption; a discharge; a fit, blow-up,...
2Finnishpurkaato dismantle, dissemble, take apart, disassemble,...
3Proto-Finnicpurkadakto dismantle, to take apart
4Proto-Finno-Permicpurka-—

via Finnish virta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic purka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic purkadak →Every word from Finnish purkaa →