Where does “peitättää” come from?

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

peitättää (Finnish): to have (something) covered (in)

Definitions

  1. to have (something) covered (in)

Ancestry of “peitättää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeittääto cover
2Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
3Proto-Finnicpej-—
4Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →