Where does “peittyä” come from?

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

peittyä (Finnish): to become covered, to be coated

Definitions

  1. to become covered, to be coated

Ancestry of “peittyä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “peittyä”

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