Where does “peitinsiipi” come from?
peitinsiipi (Finnish) comes from Finnish peitin, from Finnish peittää, from Proto-Finnic peittädäk, from Proto-Finnic pej-, from Proto-Uralic *pälkä.
peitinsiipi (Finnish): elytron
Ancestry of “peitinsiipi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | peitin | cover; first-person singular past indicative of... |
| 2 | Finnish | peittää | to cover |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | peittädäk | to cover; to hide, to conceal |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pej- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | *pälkä | — |