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Where does “puute” come from?

puute (Finnish) comes from Finnish puuttua, from Proto-Finnic puuttudak.

puute (Finnish): shortage; deficiency; shortcoming

Definitions

  1. shortage; deficiency; shortcoming

Ancestry of “puute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuttuato be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or...
2Proto-Finnicpuuttudak—

Words derived from “puute”

  • unenpuute
  • ajanpuute
  • puutteellinen
Every word from Proto-Finnic puuttudak →