Where does “peijaiset” come from?

peijaiset (Finnish) comes from Proto-Germanic faigijaz, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

peijaiset (Finnish): A feast to celebrate the kill of a large wild...

Definitions

  1. A feast to celebrate the kill of a large wild...

Ancestry of “peijaiset”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfaigijazfey, doomed to die
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “peijaiset”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic faigijaz →