Where does “puutto” come from?

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

Ancestry of “puutto”, step by step

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

Words derived from “puutto”

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