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 — thumb.

lumipeitteinen (Finnish): snow-covered

Definitions

  1. snow-covered

Ancestry of “lumipeitteinen”, step by step

lumipeitteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peitteinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeitteinencovered in or with
2Finnishpeittääto cover
3Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
4Proto-Finnicpej-—
5Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb

via Finnish Lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLumisnow frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances
2Finnishlumisnow
3Proto-Finniclumisnow
4Proto-Uraliclomesnow
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →