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Where does “peijakas” come from?

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

peijakas (Finnish): gosh

Definitions

  1. gosh

Ancestry of “peijakas”, step by step

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

Words derived from “peijakas”

  • peijakkaasti
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