Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pühä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 (pežeť, sin), Moksha пеже (peže, sin), Komi-Zyrian 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.

Adjective

*pühä[1]

  1. holy, sacred

Noun

*pühä

  1. holiday, fast

Inflection

Synonyms

  • (fast): *paasto

Derived terms

  • *pühittädäk

Descendants

  • Estonian: püha
  • Finnish: pyhä
  • Ingrian: pyhä
  • Karelian: pyhä
  • Livonian: pivā, (Salaca) püä
  • Livvi: pyhä
  • Ludian: pühä
  • Veps: pühä
  • Võro: pühä
  • Votic: pühä

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pühä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), 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.