Where does “pihiä” come from?

pihiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

pihiä (Finnish): Partitive singular form of pihi; to scrimp; to...

Definitions

  1. Partitive singular form of pihi; to scrimp; to...

Ancestry of “pihiä”, step by step

pihiä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish pihi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihimiserly, stingy; Third-person singular indicative...
2Finnishpihistääto snitch, steal; to skimp
3Finnishpihtiany two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold,...
4Proto-Finnicpihtisplint holder
5Proto-Finno-Permicpište—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →