Where does “peittoaste” come from?

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

peittoaste (Finnish): cover factor

Definitions

  1. cover factor

Ancestry of “peittoaste”, step by step

peittoaste 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 aste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastegrade; degree; degree, degree Celsius
2Finnishastuato step (on), tread (on), pace, stride
3Proto-Finnicastudakto step, to take steps
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →