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Where does “pihta” come from?

pihta (Finnish) comes from Russian пи́хта, from German Fichte, from Middle High German viehte, from Old High German fiuhta, from Proto-West Germanic fiuhtijā, from Proto-Germanic fiuhtijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European péwḱ-t-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European pewḱ- — pine.

pihta (Finnish): A fir of the genus "Abies"

Definitions

  1. A fir of the genus "Abies"

Ancestry of “pihta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпи́хта—
2GermanFichteA spruce; the common tree; spruce; the wood and...
3Middle High Germanviehte—
4Old High Germanfiuhta—
5Proto-West Germanicfiuhtijāspruce
6Proto-Germanicfiuhtijǭ—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpéwḱ-t-ih₂—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpewḱ-pine

Words derived from “pihta”

  • aitopihta
  • purppurapihta
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