Where does “verenpuute” come from?

verenpuute (Finnish) comes from Finnish veri, from Proto-Finnic veri, from Proto-Uralic were — blood.

verenpuute (Finnish): lack of blood

Definitions

  1. lack of blood

Ancestry of “verenpuute”, step by step

verenpuute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish puute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuteshortage; deficiency; shortcoming
2Finnishpuuttuato be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or...
3Proto-Finnicpuuttudakto catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →