Where does “hiisi” come from?

hiisi (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic hiici — burial ground.

hiisi (Finnish): devil, demon; wooded sacred site or burial...

Definitions

  1. devil, demon; wooded sacred site or burial...

Ancestry of “hiisi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnichiiciburial ground

Words derived from “hiisi

Every word from Proto-Finnic hiici