Where does “maanpeite” come from?

maanpeite (Finnish) comes from Finnish peite, from Finnish peittää, from Proto-Finnic peittädäk, from Proto-Finnic pej-, from Proto-Uralic *pälkä — thumb.

maanpeite (Finnish): land cover, soil cover something covering the land or soil

Definitions

  1. land cover, soil cover something covering the land or soil

Ancestry of “maanpeite”, step by step

maanpeite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeitecover; spread, throw; overlay
2Finnishpeittääto cover
3Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
4Proto-Finnicpej-—
5Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “maanpeite”

Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →