Where does “puas” come from?

puas (Indonesian) comes from Malay puas, from Proto-Malayic puhas, from Proto-Finnic puhtas, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

puas (Indonesian): satisfied

Definitions

  1. satisfied

Ancestry of “puas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypuassatisfied
2Proto-Malayicpuhas—
3Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “puas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhtas →
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