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Where does “pihkainen” come from?

pihkainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pihka, from Proto-Finnic pihka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric piška.

pihkainen (Finnish): resinous, pitchy

Definitions

  1. resinous, pitchy

Ancestry of “pihkainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihkaresin
2Proto-Finnicpihkaresin
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpiška—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric piška →