Where does “purkuoja” come from?

purkuoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish purku, from Finnish purkaa, from Proto-Finnic purkadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic purka-.

purkuoja (Finnish): surface water drainage ditch

Definitions

  1. surface water drainage ditch

Ancestry of “purkuoja”, step by step

purkuoja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish purku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurkudemolition; cancellation; clear
2Finnishpurkaato dismantle, dissemble, take apart, disassemble,...
3Proto-Finnicpurkadakto dismantle, to take apart
4Proto-Finno-Permicpurka-—

via Finnish oja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishojaditch, trench; small natural brook
2Proto-Slavicojethill, shaft
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oyHsos—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic purka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic purkadak →Every word from Finnish purkaa →