Where does “pitää peukkua” come from?

pitää peukkua (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pitää peukkua (Finnish): to cross one's fingers, lit. "to keep one's thumb...

Definitions

  1. to cross one's fingers, lit. "to keep one's thumb...

Ancestry of “pitää peukkua”, step by step

pitää peukkua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
2Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish peukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeukkuthumb
2Finnishpeukalothumb
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →