Where does “pihtakuusi” come from?
pihtakuusi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pihta, 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 — pine.
Ancestry of “pihtakuusi”, step by step
pihtakuusi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pihta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pihta | A fir of the genus "Abies" |
| 2 | Russian | пи́хта | fir |
| 3 | German | Fichte | A spruce; the common tree; spruce; the wood and... |
| 4 | Middle High German | viehte | — |
| 5 | Old High German | fiuhta | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fiuhtijā | spruce |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fiuhtijǭ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | péwḱ-t-ih₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pewḱ- | pine |