Where does “peijakkaasti” come from?
peijakkaasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish peijakas, from Proto-Germanic faigijaz, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
peijakkaasti (Finnish): An intensifier
Ancestry of “peijakkaasti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | peijakas | gosh |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | faigijaz | fey, doomed to die |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |