Where does “Pyhä kirja” come from?

Pyhä kirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyhä, from Proto-Finnic pühä, from Proto-Finno-Permic pišä.

Pyhä kirja (Finnish): the Holy Book, the Holy Writ Bible

Definitions

  1. the Holy Book, the Holy Writ Bible

Ancestry of “Pyhä kirja”, step by step

Pyhä kirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyhä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyhäholy, sacred; Sunday, dominical,...
2Proto-Finnicpühäholiday, fast; holy, sacred
3Proto-Finno-Permicpišä—

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pišä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pühä →Every word from Finnish pyhä →
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