Where does “pieksäjä” come from?

pieksäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pieksää, from Proto-Finnic peksädäk, from Proto-Uralic peksä- — to beat.

pieksäjä (Finnish): thrasher one who thrashes or beats

Definitions

  1. thrasher one who thrashes or beats

Ancestry of “pieksäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpieksääSynonym of piestä; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnicpeksädäkto beat
3Proto-Uralicpeksä-to beat

Words derived from “pieksäjä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic peksä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peksädäk →Every word from Finnish pieksää →