Where does “pentele” come from?

pentele (Finnish) comes from Finnish perkele, from Proto-Finnic perkeleh — evil spirit?.

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

Definitions

  1. damn, drat, crap, heck

Ancestry of “pentele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishperkeleThe Devil, Satan; also Perkele; devil; A swear...
2Proto-Finnicperkelehevil spirit?

Words derived from “pentele”

Every word from Proto-Finnic perkeleh →Every word from Finnish perkele →
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