Where does “peittää” come from?
peittää (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic peittädäk, from Proto-Finnic pej-, from Proto-Uralic *pälkä.
peittää (Finnish): to cover
Ancestry of “peittää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | peittädäk | to cover; to hide, to conceal |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pej- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | *pälkä | — |
Words derived from “peittää”