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Where does “pühä” come from?

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

pühä (Veps): holy, sacred

Definitions

  1. holy, sacred

Ancestry of “pühä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pühä”

  • pühäpäiv
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