Where does “pisto” come from?

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

pisto (Finnish): sting, bite; prick, puncture, hole made by...

Definitions

  1. sting, bite; prick, puncture, hole made by...

Ancestry of “pisto”, 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-—

Words derived from “pisto”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pistä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pistädäk →Every word from Finnish pistää →