Where does “puaskan” come from?

puaskan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian puas, 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.

Ancestry of “puaskan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpuassatisfied
2Malaypuassatisfied
3Proto-Malayicpuhas—
4Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhtas →
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