Where does “ohutpäällyste” come from?

ohutpäällyste (Finnish) comes from Finnish päällyste, from Finnish päällystää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

ohutpäällyste (Finnish): a thin coating

Definitions

  1. a thin coating

Ancestry of “ohutpäällyste”, step by step

ohutpäällyste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päällyste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäällystepavement, paving; flooring, covering, pavement;...
2FinnishpäällystääTo coat, overlay, pave
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish ohut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohutthin
2Proto-Finnicohutthin
3Proto-Finnicoha
Every word from Proto-Uralic takaEvery word from Proto-Finnic takaEvery word from Finnish taka