Where does “katepelti” come from?

katepelti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pelti, from Swedish spält — a (long and narrow) gap.

katepelti (Finnish): roofing sheet metal

Definitions

  1. roofing sheet metal

Ancestry of “katepelti”, step by step

katepelti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeltisheet metal; plate; sheet
2Swedishspälta (long and narrow) gap

via Finnish kate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatecovering, roofing
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kat'ëk—
Every word from Swedish spält →
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