Where does “sukupuutto” come from?

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

sukupuutto (Finnish): extinction termination or annihilation of a species such that no living member of it exists

Definitions

  1. extinction termination or annihilation of a species such that no living member of it exists

Ancestry of “sukupuutto”, step by step

sukupuutto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puutto

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

via Finnish suku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsukuextended family, kin; genus; gender
2Proto-Finnicsukukin, extended family

Words derived from “sukupuutto”

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