Where does “piruntatti” come from?

piruntatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish piru, from Finnish perkele, from Proto-Finnic perkeleh — evil spirit?.

piruntatti (Finnish): Devil's bolete or Satan's mushroom

Definitions

  1. Devil's bolete or Satan's mushroom

Ancestry of “piruntatti”, step by step

piruntatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiruthe Devil; a devil; An intensifier; used in...
2FinnishperkeleThe Devil, Satan; also Perkele; devil; A swear...
3Proto-Finnicperkelehevil spirit?

via Finnish tatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtattibolete; thumbstick
2Swedishtättato steal, gyp
Every word from Proto-Finnic perkeleh →Every word from Finnish perkele →Every word from Finnish piru →