Where does “pihi” come from?

pihi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pihistää, from Finnish pihti, from Proto-Finnic pihti, from Proto-Finno-Permic pište.

pihi (Finnish): miserly, stingy; Third-person singular indicative...

Definitions

  1. miserly, stingy; Third-person singular indicative...

Ancestry of “pihi”, step by step

pihi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pihistää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihistääto snitch, steal; to skimp
2Finnishpihtiany two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold,...
3Proto-Finnicpihtisplint holder
4Proto-Finno-Permicpište—

via Hawaiian ʻopihi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻopihilimpet

Words derived from “pihi”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pište →Every word from Proto-Finnic pihti →Every word from Finnish pihti →