Where does “pihtipieli” come from?

pihtipieli (Finnish) comes from Finnish pieli, from Proto-Finnic peeli, from Proto-Samic pealjē, from Proto-Uralic peljä, from Proto-Uralic peele — side.

pihtipieli (Finnish): doorpost, doorjamb

Definitions

  1. doorpost, doorjamb

Ancestry of “pihtipieli”, step by step

pihtipieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpielijamb, post; doorjamb, doorpost; gatepost; side
2Proto-Finnicpeeliside; jamb, doorpost; mast
3Proto-Samicpealjēear
4Proto-Uralicpeljäear
5Proto-Uralicpeeleside

via Finnish pihti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihtiany two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold,...
2Proto-Finnicpihtisplint holder
3Proto-Finno-Permicpište—
Every word from Proto-Uralic peele →Every word from Proto-Uralic peljä →Every word from Proto-Samic pealjē →