Where does “purõma” come from?

purõma (Võro) comes from Proto-Finnic purdak, from Proto-Uralic pore- — to bite.

purõma (Võro): to bite

Definitions

  1. to bite

Ancestry of “purõma”, step by step

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