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Where does “peitin” come from?

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

peitin (Finnish): cover; first-person singular past indicative of...

Definitions

  1. cover; first-person singular past indicative of...

Ancestry of “peitin”, step by step

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

Words derived from “peitin”

  • peitinsiipi
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