Where does “puutos” come from?

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

puutos (Finnish): deficiency

Definitions

  1. deficiency

Ancestry of “puutos”, step by step

puutos 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 os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishos—

Words derived from “puutos”

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