Where does “peite” come from?

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

peite (Finnish): cover; spread, throw; overlay

Definitions

  1. cover; spread, throw; overlay

Ancestry of “peite”, step by step

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

Words derived from “peite”

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