Where does “pohmelopäivä” come from?

pohmelopäivä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian päivä, from Proto-Finnic päivä, from Proto-Uralic päjwä, from Proto-Uralic päje.

pohmelopäivä (Ingrian): hangover day

Definitions

  1. hangover day

Ancestry of “pohmelopäivä”, step by step

pohmelopäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian päivä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IngrianpäiväA day; An afternoon
2Proto-Finnicpäiväsun; day
3Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
4Proto-Uralicpäje

via Finnish pohmelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohmelohangover
2Russianпохме́льеhangover
Every word from Proto-Uralic päjeEvery word from Proto-Uralic päjwäEvery word from Proto-Finnic päivä