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Where does “lumipeitteinen” come from?

lumipeitteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish peitteinen, from Finnish peittää, from Proto-Finnic peittädäk, from Proto-Finnic pej-, from Proto-Uralic *pälkä.

lumipeitteinen (Finnish): snow-covered

Definitions

  1. snow-covered

Ancestry of “lumipeitteinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeitteinen—
2Finnishpeittääto cover
3Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
4Proto-Finnicpej-—
5Proto-Uralic*pälkä—
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