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Where does “pösö” come from?

pösö (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pietari, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος, from Ancient Greek πέτρος — rock, stone, boulder; type of reed.

pösö (Finnish): bigwig, big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna,...

Definitions

  1. bigwig, big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna,...

Ancestry of “pösö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPietariPeter; Saint Petersburg, a city in Russia
2Ancient GreekΠέτρος—
3Ancient Greekπέτροςrock, stone, boulder; type of reed
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