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hirsi.

log, timber (heavy wooden beam used or carved ready for use in construction of a log house or similar)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhirsi/[ˈhirs̠i]
  1. log, timber (heavy wooden beam used or carved ready for use in construction of a log house or similar)

  2. synonym of hirsipuu (“hanging tree, gallows”)

    mennä hirteen
  3. fess

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *hirci (compare Ingrian hersi, Karelian hirsi, Estonian hirs, Votic irsi), borrowed from Proto-Slavic *žьrdь (compare Russian жердь (žerdʹ)).

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