Where does “pursutella” come from?

pursutella (Ingrian) comes from Finnish pursuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

pursutella (Ingrian): to wash

Definitions

  1. to wash

Ancestry of “pursutella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpursuttaato cause to gush or burst
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak