Where does “peittoala” come from?

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

peittoala (Finnish): coverage, coverage area

Definitions

  1. coverage, coverage area

Ancestry of “peittoala”, step by step

peittoala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeittoblanket; cover, coverage
2Finnishpeittääto cover
3Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
4Proto-Finnicpej-—
5Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb

via Finnish älä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →
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