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Where does “pyhä pillerinpyörittäjä” come from?

pyhä pillerinpyörittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pillerinpyörittäjä, from Finnish pilleri, from Swedish piller, from Latin pilula, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.

pyhä pillerinpyörittäjä (Finnish): scarab, "Scarabaeus sacer"

Definitions

  1. scarab, "Scarabaeus sacer"

Ancestry of “pyhä pillerinpyörittäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpillerinpyörittäjäscarab
2Finnishpilleripill
3Swedishpillera pill
4LatinpilulaA small ball, globule; pellet; A pill
5Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
6Latinpīlus—
7Latinpīlum—
8Proto-Italicpistlom—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
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