Where does “uskonpuute” come from?
uskonpuute (Finnish) comes from Finnish puute, from Finnish puuttua, from Proto-Finnic puuttudak — to catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on.
uskonpuute (Finnish): lack of faith
Ancestry of “uskonpuute”, step by step
uskonpuute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puute | shortage; deficiency; shortcoming |
| 2 | Finnish | puuttua | to be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | puuttudak | to catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on |
via Finnish usko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | usko | faith; religious; Indicative present connegative... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | *usko | faith, belief |