päre
Finnish
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Definitions
- (construction) shake thin - abt 0.5 cm - wooden shingle made by splitting wood
- (idiomatic) splinters, smithereens; especially in phrases like panna päreiksi ("to smash into smithereens"), mennä tuhannen päreiksi ("to go into splinters"). Also vulgar variants pillun päreiksi and tuhannen pillun päreiksi.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *pärek.
Origin
Proto-Finnic
*pärek