Etymology

Originally pirssi was a station where horse-drawn carriages waited for passengers. When automobiles replaced the horses, the cars were called pirssiauto or vuokra-auto. Later, according to international practice the term taksi ‎(“taxi”) was adopted by the branch but pirssi still remains as colloquial term for "taxi".

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pirs‧si
• IPA^(key): /ˈpirsːi/