Where does “putipuhdas” come from?

putipuhdas (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhdas, from Proto-Finnic puhtas, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

putipuhdas (Finnish): spick-and-span, clean as a whistle

Definitions

  1. spick-and-span, clean as a whistle

Ancestry of “putipuhdas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhdasclean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
2Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhtas →