Where does “peitelista” come from?

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

peitelista (Finnish): cover trim, cover strip, cover molding, cover beading

Definitions

  1. cover trim, cover strip, cover molding, cover beading

Ancestry of “peitelista”, step by step

peitelista 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 lista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlistalist; Short for ruokalista; Short for pörssilista...
2Swedishlistaa list; a register or roll of paper consisting of...
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkäEvery word from Proto-Finnic pej-Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk
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