Where does “Pihtipudas” come from?
Pihtipudas (Finnish) comes from Finnish pihti, from Proto-Finnic pihti, from Proto-Finno-Permic pište.
Ancestry of “Pihtipudas”, step by step
Pihtipudas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pihti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pihti | any two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pihti | splint holder |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | pište | — |
via Finnish pudas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pudas | A fork of a river that rejoins back to the main river; an anabranch |