Where does “pärepihti” come from?

pärepihti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pihti, from Proto-Finnic pihti, from Proto-Finno-Permic pište.

pärepihti (Finnish): A wooden shingle holder: a traditional tool used to hold a wooden shingle that would be burned to produce light

Definitions

  1. A wooden shingle holder: a traditional tool used to hold a wooden shingle that would be burned to produce light

Ancestry of “pärepihti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihtiany two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold,...
2Proto-Finnicpihtisplint holder
3Proto-Finno-Permicpište—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pište →Every word from Proto-Finnic pihti →Every word from Finnish pihti →