Where does “punkkipihdit” come from?

punkkipihdit (Finnish) comes from Finnish pihdit, from Finnish pihti, from Proto-Finnic pihti, from Proto-Finno-Permic pište.

punkkipihdit (Finnish): tick removers, tick tweezers

Definitions

  1. tick removers, tick tweezers

Ancestry of “punkkipihdit”, step by step

punkkipihdit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pihdit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihditpliers; tongs; forceps
2Finnishpihtiany two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold,...
3Proto-Finnicpihtisplint holder
4Proto-Finno-Permicpište

via Finnish punkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpunkkiany member of the taxonomic class Acarina,...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pište