Where does “kihupyhä” come from?

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

kihupyhä (Finnish): a South Karelian traditional market day

Definitions

  1. a South Karelian traditional market day

Ancestry of “kihupyhä”, step by step

kihupyhä 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 kihu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkihuskua, jaeger bird of the genus
2Finnishkihistäto sizzle, to hiss
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pišä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pühä →Every word from Finnish pyhä →
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