Where does “sammutuspeite” come from?

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

sammutuspeite (Finnish): fire blanket

Definitions

  1. fire blanket

Ancestry of “sammutuspeite”, step by step

sammutuspeite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeitecover; spread, throw; overlay
2Finnishpeittääto cover
3Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
4Proto-Finnicpej-—
5Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb

via Finnish sammutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammutusputting out a fire; fire fighting
2Finnishsammuttaato put out, extinguish; to quench, extinguish; to...
3Finnishsammuato go out, die (down) of fire
4Proto-Finnicsambudak—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →