Where does “pekkaspäivä” come from?

pekkaspäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pekkanen, from Finnish Pekka, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.

pekkaspäivä (Finnish): a paid day of vacation compensating for longer work days

Definitions

  1. a paid day of vacation compensating for longer work days

Ancestry of “pekkaspäivä”, step by step

pekkaspäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Pekkanen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPekkanen—
2FinnishPekkaa Finnish male given name
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembakshooter
5Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

via Finnish päivä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäiväday; the sun
2Proto-Finnicpäiväsun; day
3Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
4Proto-Uralicpäje—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →