Where does “puutosoire” come from?

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

puutosoire (Finnish): deficiency symptom

Definitions

  1. deficiency symptom

Ancestry of “puutosoire”, step by step

puutosoire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puutos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutosdeficiency
2Finnishpuuttuato be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or...
3Proto-Finnicpuuttudakto catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on

via Finnish oire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoiresymptom; sign
Every word from Proto-Finnic puuttudakEvery word from Finnish puuttuaEvery word from Finnish puutos
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