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Where does “purso-” come from?
purso- (Finnish) comes from Finnish pursua, from Proto-Finnic pursudak — to gush.
Ancestry of “purso-”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Finnish
pursua
Alternative form of pursuta; to gush
2
Proto-Finnic
pursudak
to gush
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