Where does “peittely” come from?

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

peittely (Finnish): covering up, hiding

Definitions

  1. covering up, hiding

Ancestry of “peittely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeitelläto cover, cover up, hide
2Finnishpeittääto cover
3Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
4Proto-Finnicpej-—
5Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →