Where does “peitinhöyhen” come from?

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

peitinhöyhen (Finnish): contour feather, covert

Definitions

  1. contour feather, covert

Ancestry of “peitinhöyhen”, step by step

peitinhöyhen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeitincover; first-person singular past indicative of...
2Finnishpeittääto cover
3Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
4Proto-Finnicpej-—
5Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb

via Finnish höyhen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöyhenfeather
2Proto-Finnicheühenfeather
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →