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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pühä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *pišä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *pësē (sacred), probably also Erzya пежеть (pežetʹ, sin), Moksha пеже (peže, sin), Komi пеж (pež, unholy, heathen, dirty) and Udmurt пож (pož, dirty, foul). Derivation from Proto-Germanic has been proposed (compare German weihen (to consecrate), from earlier *wīhaną), but this is difficult to reconcile with the Mordvinic and Permic cognates.

Noun

*pühä

  1. holiday, fast

Adjective

*pühä

  1. holy, sacred

Inflection

Synonyms

  • (fast): *paasto

Derived terms

  • *pühittädäk

Descendants

References

  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  • Saarikivi, Janne. 2007. "Uusia vanhoja sanoja" ('New Old Words'). In: Ylikoski, Jussi; Aikio, Ante (eds.), Sámit, sánit, sátnehámit. Riepmočála Pekka Sammallahtii miessemánu 21. beaivve 2007. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 253, pp. 325–347.
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