Where does “pyhänseutu” come from?

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

pyhänseutu (Finnish): the time of week around Sunday

Definitions

  1. the time of week around Sunday

Ancestry of “pyhänseutu”, step by step

pyhänseutu 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 seutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseuturegion; tract
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pišä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pühä →Every word from Finnish pyhä →