Where does “puuttua” come from?

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

puuttua (Finnish): to be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or...

Definitions

  1. to be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or...

Ancestry of “puuttua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpuuttudakto catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on

Words derived from “puuttua

Every word from Proto-Finnic puuttudak
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