Where does “peittäjä” come from?

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

peittäjä (Finnish): coverer, concealer one who or that which covers or conceals

Definitions

  1. coverer, concealer one who or that which covers or conceals

Ancestry of “peittäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeittääto cover
2Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
3Proto-Finnicpej-—
4Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb

Words derived from “peittäjä”

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