Where does “peitellä” come from?

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

peitellä (Finnish): to cover, cover up, hide

Definitions

  1. to cover, cover up, hide

Ancestry of “peitellä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “peitellä”

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