hiisi
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- (mythology) devil, demon malicious creature
- (mythology) wooded sacred site or burial ground, or the spirit that guards it
- (mild) goblin, devil, demon, hell
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *hiici inherited from Proto-Uralic *šijte.
Origin
Proto-Uralic
*šijte
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hiidenmaa Finnish
- hiidenkirnu Finnish
- hiidenkiuas Finnish
- hiidenkivi Finnish
- kirnu Finnish
- kiuas Finnish
- kivi Finnish
- maa Finnish
- vesi Finnish
- vesihiisi Finnish
- *χīđiz Proto-Germanic
- hiis Estonian
- *hiici Proto-Finnic
- *šijte Proto-Uralic