Where does “suunpieksäntä” come from?
suunpieksäntä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pieksäntä, from Finnish pieksää, from Proto-Finnic peksädäk, from Proto-Uralic peksä- — to beat.
Ancestry of “suunpieksäntä”, step by step
suunpieksäntä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pieksäntä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pieksäntä | beating, thrashing |
| 2 | Finnish | pieksää | Synonym of piestä; Third-person singular... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | peksädäk | to beat |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | peksä- | to beat |
via Finnish suu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suu | mouth |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | süü | thread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śuwe | mouth |