Where does “pisihätä” come from?

pisihätä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pisiä, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

pisihätä (Finnish): need to pee

Definitions

  1. need to pee

Ancestry of “pisihätä”, step by step

pisihätä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pisiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpisiäto piss
2FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
3Finnishjaand; AND
4Proto-Finnicjaand
5Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
6Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
7Proto-Germanic-hwe
8Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish hätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhätäemergency; distress; need, necessity
2Proto-Finnichätäemergency; distress, agony
3Proto-Finnicšätähundred
4Proto-Germanicsētōplace, position; lying in wait, ambush
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw
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