Where does “piestä” come from?

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

piestä (Finnish): to beat, thrash, whip, lash, batter

Definitions

  1. to beat, thrash, whip, lash, batter

Ancestry of “piestä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “piestä”

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