Where does “pitsipeitto” come from?

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

pitsipeitto (Finnish): lace blanket

Definitions

  1. lace blanket

Ancestry of “pitsipeitto”, step by step

pitsipeitto 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 pitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitsilace
2Swedishspetspoint, tip, end, nib, head; lace; spitz
3Middle Low Germanspitze—
4Proto-Germanicspitjaz—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →