Where does “haahkanuntuvapeite” come from?

haahkanuntuvapeite (Finnish) comes from Finnish haahkanuntuva, from Finnish untuva, from Finnish untua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

haahkanuntuvapeite (Finnish): eiderdown

Definitions

  1. eiderdown

Ancestry of “haahkanuntuvapeite”, step by step

haahkanuntuvapeite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haahkanuntuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaahkanuntuvaeiderdown
2Finnishuntuvadown
3Finnishuntuato get tired, to fatigue
4Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
5Idotuyou singular, thou
6EnglishthouNominative singular of ye; To address using the...
7EnglishthousandA numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10
8Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
9Old Englishþūsendthousand
10Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
11Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
12Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
13Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Finnish peite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeitecover; spread, throw; overlay
2Finnishpeittääto cover
3Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
4Proto-Finnicpej-—
5Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Finnish -tua →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →