Where does “püsti” come from?

püsti (Estonian) comes from Estonian pistma, from Proto-Finnic pistädäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic pistä-.

püsti (Estonian): upright, standing, up, in a more or less vertical...

Definitions

  1. upright, standing, up, in a more or less vertical...

Ancestry of “püsti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpistmato poke, to thrust, to stab; to place, to put; to...
2Proto-Finnicpistädäkto poke, to thrust, to stab, to sting; to put, to...
3Proto-Finno-Permicpistä-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pistä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pistädäk →Every word from Estonian pistma →