Where does “pidike” come from?

pidike (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pidike (Finnish): holder, support; clip, clamp

Definitions

  1. holder, support; clip, clamp

Ancestry of “pidike”, step by step

pidike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
2Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish ike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishike—

Words derived from “pidike”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →