Where does “maanpeitekasvi” come from?

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

maanpeitekasvi (Finnish): ground cover plant

Definitions

  1. ground cover plant

Ancestry of “maanpeitekasvi”, step by step

maanpeitekasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maanpeite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaanpeiteland cover, soil cover something covering the land or soil
2Finnishpeitecover; spread, throw; overlay
3Finnishpeittääto cover
4Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
5Proto-Finnicpej-—
6Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →