Where does “purse” come from?

purse (Finnish) comes from Finnish pursua, from Proto-Finnic pursudak — to gush.

purse (Finnish): flash

Definitions

  1. flash

Ancestry of “purse”, step by step

purse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pursua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpursuaAlternative form of pursuta; to gush
2Proto-Finnicpursudakto gush

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “purse”

Every word from Proto-Finnic pursudak →Every word from Finnish pursua →