Where does “putsaus” come from?

putsaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish putsata, from Proto-Albanian putsa, from Spanish pucha, from Spanish puta, from Old Spanish puta, from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta, from Latin puto — to be clean, pure.

putsaus (Finnish): cleaning, cleansing

Definitions

  1. cleaning, cleansing

Ancestry of “putsaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishputsatato clean, cleanse
2Proto-Albanianputsa
3Spanishpuchapussy; expresses pity, disappointment, sympathy
4Spanishputafeminine singular of puto; whore, slut,...
5Old Spanishputawhore
6Vulgar Latinputtaprostitute
7Latinputasecond-person singular present active imperative...
8LatinputoI clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,...
9Latinputuspure; a boy
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtósEvery word from Latin putus