Where does “pūdõz” come from?

pūdõz (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic puhtas, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

pūdõz (Livonian): clean

Definitions

  1. clean

Ancestry of “pūdõz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
3Proto-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 →