Where does “pyhä lehmä” come from?

pyhä lehmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyhä, from Proto-Finnic pühä, from Proto-Finno-Permic pišä.

pyhä lehmä (Finnish): sacred cow

Definitions

  1. sacred cow

Ancestry of “pyhä lehmä”, step by step

pyhä lehmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyhä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyhäholy, sacred; Sunday, dominical,...
2Proto-Finnicpühäholiday, fast; holy, sacred
3Proto-Finno-Permicpišä—

via Finnish lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehmäcow; any female ruminant; often with a modifier;...
2Proto-Finniclehmäcow
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pišä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pühä →Every word from Finnish pyhä →