Where does “puruli” come from?

puruli (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian purra, from Proto-Finnic purdak, from Proto-Uralic pore- — to bite.

puruli (Ingrian): bully

Definitions

  1. bully

Ancestry of “puruli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpurrato bite
2Proto-Finnicpurdakto bite
3Proto-Uralicpore-to bite
Every word from Proto-Uralic pore- →Every word from Proto-Finnic purdak →Every word from Ingrian purra →