Where does “pühä” come from?

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

pühä (Votic): holy, sacred; fast, Lent

Definitions

  1. holy, sacred; fast, Lent

Ancestry of “pühä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pühä

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pišäEvery word from Proto-Finnic pühä