Finnish word pahis comes from Finnish paha, Finnish -is
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| paha | Finnish (fin) | (idiomatic:) paha mieli sadness, offense, umbrage (literally "bad mind"). See the adverb pahoillaan.. Bad, ill. Difficult, hard, tricky. Evil The evil. |
| -is | Finnish (fin) | (colloquial) -er; a suffix used to form nouns and proper nouns from place names, common nouns and adjectives; gives a familiar nuance to the original word; the original word is often truncated in the process. |
| pahis | Finnish (fin) | (colloquial) A meanie, bad guy, villain, heavy (person doing bad things, especially in a movie or other story). |