Where does “puute” come from?

puute (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian puuttua, from Proto-Finnic puuttudak — to catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on.

puute (Ingrian): shortage

Definitions

  1. shortage

Ancestry of “puute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpuuttuato be missing; to get into
2Proto-Finnicpuuttudakto catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on
Every word from Proto-Finnic puuttudak →Every word from Ingrian puuttua →