Where does “Pieksämäki” come from?

Pieksämäki (Finnish) comes from Finnish piestä, from Finnish pieksää, from Proto-Finnic peksädäk, from Proto-Uralic peksä- — to beat.

Ancestry of “Pieksämäki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiestäto beat, thrash, whip, lash, batter
2FinnishpieksääSynonym of piestä; Third-person singular...
3Proto-Finnicpeksädäkto beat
4Proto-Uralicpeksä-to beat

Words derived from “Pieksämäki”

Every word from Proto-Uralic peksä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peksädäk →Every word from Finnish pieksää →