Where does “peittää” come from?

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

peittää (Finnish): to cover

Definitions

  1. to cover

Ancestry of “peittää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
2Proto-Finnicpej-—
3Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb

Words derived from “peittää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →