Where does “pisti” come from?

pisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pistää, from Proto-Finnic pistädäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic pistä-.

pisti (Finnish): Third-person singular indicative past form of...

Definitions

  1. Third-person singular indicative past form of...

Ancestry of “pisti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistääto poke, thrust; to stick, prick, stab, puncture;...
2Proto-Finnicpistädäkto poke, to thrust, to stab, to sting; to put, to...
3Proto-Finno-Permicpistä-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pistä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pistädäk →Every word from Finnish pistää →