Where does “pühä” come from?

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

pühä (Ludian): holy

Definitions

  1. holy

Ancestry of “pühä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpühäholiday, fast; holy, sacred
2Proto-Finno-Permicpišä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pišä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pühä →