Where does “pieksäntä” come from?
pieksäntä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pieksää, from Proto-Finnic peksädäk, from Proto-Uralic peksä- — to beat.
pieksäntä (Finnish): beating, thrashing
Ancestry of “pieksäntä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pieksää | Synonym of piestä; Third-person singular... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | peksädäk | to beat |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | peksä- | to beat |