Where does “helluntaipäivä” come from?

helluntaipäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish päivä, from Proto-Finnic päivä, from Proto-Uralic päjwä, from Proto-Uralic päje.

helluntaipäivä (Finnish): Whitsunday

Definitions

  1. Whitsunday

Ancestry of “helluntaipäivä”, step by step

helluntaipäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päivä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäiväday; the sun
2Proto-Finnicpäiväsun; day
3Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
4Proto-Uralicpäje—

via Finnish helluntai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhelluntaiPentecost, Whitsun, Whitsunday
2Old Swedish[[helagher—
Every word from Proto-Uralic päje →Every word from Proto-Uralic päjwä →Every word from Proto-Finnic päivä →