Where does “pihavaja” come from?

pihavaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish piha, from Proto-Finnic piha — yard.

pihavaja (Finnish): garden shed toolshed in a garden

Definitions

  1. garden shed toolshed in a garden

Ancestry of “pihavaja”, step by step

pihavaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihayard; at sea
2Proto-Finnicpihayard

via Finnish vaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvajashed, hut
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