Where does “peltotilkku” come from?

peltotilkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish pelto, from Proto-Finnic pelto, from Proto-Germanic felþuz, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

peltotilkku (Finnish): patch of a field

Definitions

  1. patch of a field

Ancestry of “peltotilkku”, step by step

peltotilkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeltofield
2Proto-Finnicpeltofield
3Proto-Germanicfelþuzfield, plain
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Finnish tilkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtilkkuA piece of textile; patch, clout, swatch
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic felþuz →
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