Where does “puuttuminen” come from?

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

puuttuminen (Finnish): lack

Definitions

  1. lack

Ancestry of “puuttuminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuttuato be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or...
2Proto-Finnicpuuttudakto catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on
Every word from Proto-Finnic puuttudak →Every word from Finnish puuttua →