Where does “jõulupüha” come from?

jõulupüha (Estonian) comes from Estonian püha, from Proto-Finnic pühä, from Proto-Finno-Permic pišä.

jõulupüha (Estonian): any of the Christmas days

Definitions

  1. any of the Christmas days

Ancestry of “jõulupüha”, step by step

jõulupüha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian püha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpühaholy, sacred; holiday
2Proto-Finnicpühäholiday, fast; holy, sacred
3Proto-Finno-Permicpišä—

via Estonian jõulud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianjõuludChristmas
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pišä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pühä →Every word from Estonian püha →