Where does “peitinsuomu” come from?

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

peitinsuomu (Finnish): bract scale

Definitions

  1. bract scale

Ancestry of “peitinsuomu”, step by step

peitinsuomu 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 suomu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuomuscale
2Proto-Finnicsoomuscale
3Proto-Uralicśëmescale
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →