Where does “purtojuuri” come from?

purtojuuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish juuri, from Proto-Finnic juuri, from Proto-Finno-Permic jure.

purtojuuri (Finnish): devil's-bit

Definitions

  1. devil's-bit

Ancestry of “purtojuuri”, step by step

purtojuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure—

via Finnish purto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurto—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jure →Every word from Proto-Finnic juuri →Every word from Finnish juuri →
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