Where does “pyällys” come from?

pyällys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyältää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

pyällys (Finnish): notching, covering in notches

Definitions

  1. notching, covering in notches

Ancestry of “pyällys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpyältääTo notch, to cover in notches; Third-person...
2FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
3Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
4Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
5Proto-Uralictakaa place behind
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