Where does “peitsentaitto” come from?

peitsentaitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish peitsi, from Middle Low German spētze, from Proto-Germanic speutaz, from Proto-Indo-European spewd- — to press, to push.

peitsentaitto (Finnish): dispute, contention, wrangle, controversy

Definitions

  1. dispute, contention, wrangle, controversy

Ancestry of “peitsentaitto”, step by step

peitsentaitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeitsilance; pace
2Middle Low Germanspētze—
3Proto-Germanicspeutazspear
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspewd-to press, to push

via Finnish taitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaittolayout
2Finnishtaittaato fold; to break; to refract
3Finnishtaipuato become curved, to bend; to change one's...
4Proto-Finnictaipudak—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic speutaz →Every word from Middle Low German spētze →