Where does “pyhänpiä” come from?

pyhänpiä (Karelian) comes from Karelian piä, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

pyhänpiä (Karelian): Sunday

Definitions

  1. Sunday

Ancestry of “pyhänpiä”, step by step

pyhänpiä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Karelian piä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Karelianpiähead
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Karelian pyhä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Karelianpyhäholy
2Proto-Finnicpühäholiday, fast; holy, sacred
3Proto-Finno-Permicpišä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Karelian piä →