Where does “puhaz” come from?

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

puhaz (Votic): clean

Definitions

  1. clean

Ancestry of “puhaz”, 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 →