Where does “Piia” come from?

Piia (Finnish) comes from Swedish Pia, from Latin Pius, from Latin pius, from Proto-Italic pwījos, from Proto-Indo-European puHyós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

Piia (Finnish): popular in the latter half of the twentieth century

Definitions

  1. popular in the latter half of the twentieth century

Ancestry of “Piia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishPiapopular in the twentieth century
2LatinPiusa cognomen, particularly of later Roman emperors
3Latinpiuspious, devout; dutiful, loyal, conscientious;...
4Proto-Italicpwījospious, devout
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHyóspurifying
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHyós →Every word from Proto-Italic pwījos →