Where does “karhunpeijaiset” come from?
karhunpeijaiset (Finnish) comes from Finnish Karhu, from Finnish karhu, from Proto-Finnic karhu, from Proto-Finnic karheda — rough, coarse.
karhunpeijaiset (Finnish): A ritual feast celebrated after the kill of a...
Definitions
- A ritual feast celebrated after the kill of a...
Ancestry of “karhunpeijaiset”, step by step
karhunpeijaiset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Karhu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Karhu | A major brand of beer in Finland |
| 2 | Finnish | karhu | bear; brown bear, "Ursus arctos" |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | karhu | bear |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | karheda | rough, coarse |
via Finnish peijaiset
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peijaiset | A feast to celebrate the kill of a large wild... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | faigijaz | fey, doomed to die |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |