Where does “purra” come from?
purra (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finnic purdak, from Proto-Uralic pore- — to bite.
purra (Ingrian): to bite
Ancestry of “purra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | purdak | to bite |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | pore- | to bite |