Where does “tilkkupeitto” come from?

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

tilkkupeitto (Finnish): patchwork quilt, patch quilt

Definitions

  1. patchwork quilt, patch quilt

Ancestry of “tilkkupeitto”, step by step

tilkkupeitto 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 tilkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtilkkuA piece of textile; patch, clout, swatch
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →