Where does “pyhä” come from?

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

pyhä (Karelian): holy

Definitions

  1. holy

Ancestry of “pyhä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpühäholiday, fast; holy, sacred
2Proto-Finno-Permicpišä—

Words derived from “pyhä”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pišä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pühä →