Where does “rintapieli” come from?

rintapieli (Finnish) comes from Finnish pieli, from Proto-Finnic peeli, from Proto-Samic pealjē, from Proto-Uralic peljä, from Proto-Uralic peele — side.

rintapieli (Finnish): one half of the front of a shirt or other garment worn on the chest

Definitions

  1. one half of the front of a shirt or other garment worn on the chest

Ancestry of “rintapieli”, step by step

rintapieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpielijamb, post; doorjamb, doorpost; gatepost; side
2Proto-Finnicpeeliside; jamb, doorpost; mast
3Proto-Samicpealjēear
4Proto-Uralicpeljäear
5Proto-Uralicpeeleside

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic peele →Every word from Proto-Uralic peljä →Every word from Proto-Samic pealjē →