Where does “puute” come from?

puute (Finnish) comes from Finnish puuttua, from Proto-Finnic puuttudak — to catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on.

puute (Finnish): shortage; deficiency; shortcoming

Definitions

  1. shortage; deficiency; shortcoming

Ancestry of “puute”, step by step

puute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puuttua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuttuato be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or...
2Proto-Finnicpuuttudakto catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “puute”

Every word from Proto-Finnic puuttudak →Every word from Finnish puuttua →