Where does “pihisti” come from?

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

pihisti (Finnish): stingily

Definitions

  1. stingily

Ancestry of “pihisti”, step by step

pihisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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—

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pište →Every word from Proto-Finnic pihti →Every word from Finnish pihti →