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

pihkainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pihka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihkaresin
2Proto-Finnicpihkaresin
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpiška—

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric piška →Every word from Proto-Finnic pihka →Every word from Finnish pihka →