Where does “purupihka” come from?

purupihka (Finnish) comes from Finnish pihka, from Proto-Finnic pihka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric piška.

purupihka (Finnish): chewing resin often birch resin or birch tar

Definitions

  1. chewing resin often birch resin or birch tar

Ancestry of “purupihka”, step by step

purupihka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pihka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihkaresin
2Proto-Finnicpihkaresin
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpiška—

via Finnish puru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuruSynonym of pureminen; chewing; A quantity of...
2Proto-Finnicpuru—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric piška →