Where does “pyhättö” come from?

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

pyhättö (Finnish): shrine

Definitions

  1. shrine

Ancestry of “pyhättö”, step by step

pyhättö 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 tto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtto
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pišäEvery word from Proto-Finnic pühäEvery word from Finnish pyhä