Where does “juhannuspyhä” come from?

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

juhannuspyhä (Finnish): midsummer holiday the weekend of the Midsummer Day, a public holiday in Finland

Definitions

  1. midsummer holiday the weekend of the Midsummer Day, a public holiday in Finland

Ancestry of “juhannuspyhä”, step by step

juhannuspyhä 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 juhannus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjuhannusMidsummer Day, Saint John's Day
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pišä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pühä →Every word from Finnish pyhä →