Where does “puhas” come from?
puhas (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Finnic puhtas, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.
Ancestry of “puhas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Finnic | puhtas | clean |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |
Words derived from “puhas”