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Originally *Pyhtäs, with later analogical levelling. Possibly related to the Karelian surname Pyyhtiä (for the difference in vowel length, compare western Finnish pyhkiä ~ eastern Finnish pyyhkiä).[1]
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Pyhtää" is Pyhtäällä.
^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN