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Pieksämäki
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English
Proper noun
en Q613701en town/and/municipality r/Southern Savonia c/Finland.
Finnish
Etymology
fi piestä pieksä-/piekse- to beat, strike ma mä nominal. fi mäki hill has later been introduced folk-etymologically through the inflected forms. Originally used for the lake (fi *Pieksämäjärvi), referring to the strong waves crashing against the shores, as the lake is relatively large and does not have many islands.
Pronunciation
pieksä-mäki
Proper noun
fi Pieksämäki Q613701
fi Pieksämä 1930–1948
Declension
external Pieksämäki Pieksämäellä
Pieksämä k ä sg
Derived terms
fi pieksämäkeläinen
fi compounds Pieksänmaa
Descendants
1 en Pieksämäki
1 sv Pieksämäki
References
Anagrams
fi eiikkmpsää säkkipimeä