Where does “peeveli” come from?

peeveli (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyöveli, from Old Swedish böfvel — executioner.

peeveli (Finnish): damn, drat, crap, heck

Definitions

  1. damn, drat, crap, heck

Ancestry of “peeveli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpyöveliAn executioner
2Old Swedishböfvelexecutioner

Words derived from “peeveli”

Every word from Old Swedish böfvel →Every word from Finnish pyöveli →
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