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Where does “pihti” come from?

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

pihti (Finnish): any two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold,...

Definitions

  1. any two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold,...

Ancestry of “pihti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpihti—
2Proto-Finno-Permicpište—

Words derived from “pihti”

  • pihistää
  • pihistellä
  • pihtipolvi
  • abikopihti
  • pihtipolvinen
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pište →