pihistää
Finnish
p
Definitions
- (transitive) to snitch, steal
- (intransitive) to skimp to live stingily
Etymology
Suffix from Finnish pihti (plier).
Origin
Finnish
pihti
Gloss
plier
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abikopihti Finnish
- pihdata Finnish
- pihistellä Finnish
- pihti Finnish
- pihtiliike Finnish
- pihtimäinen Finnish
- pihtipolvi Finnish
- pihtivirtamittari Finnish
- ruuvipihti Finnish
- *pihti Proto-Finnic