Where does “tuplapeite” come from?

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

tuplapeite (Finnish): double bed blanket

Definitions

  1. double bed blanket

Ancestry of “tuplapeite”, step by step

tuplapeite 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 tupla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtupladouble
2Swedishdubbladouble down
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peittädäk →
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