Where does “sammalpeitteinen” come from?

sammalpeitteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish sammalpeite, from Finnish peite, from Finnish peittää, from Proto-Finnic peittädäk, from Proto-Finnic pej-, from Proto-Uralic *pälkä — thumb.

sammalpeitteinen (Finnish): moss-covered

Definitions

  1. moss-covered

Ancestry of “sammalpeitteinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammalpeitemoss cover dense growth of moss on the ground
2Finnishpeitecover; spread, throw; overlay
3Finnishpeittääto cover
4Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
5Proto-Finnicpej-—
6Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →