Where does “peitinkarva” come from?

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

peitinkarva (Finnish): (a single) ground hair

Definitions

  1. (a single) ground hair

Ancestry of “peitinkarva”, step by step

peitinkarva 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 karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →