Where does “alkuainetaulukko” come from?
alkuainetaulukko (Finnish) comes from Finnish taulukko, from Finnish taulu, from Swedish tavla, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.
alkuainetaulukko (Finnish): periodic table a table or chart of the chemical elements
Definitions
- periodic table a table or chart of the chemical elements
Ancestry of “alkuainetaulukko”, step by step
alkuainetaulukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taulukko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taulukko | table, matrix, grid; array |
| 2 | Finnish | taulu | painting; picture, print etc., especially a... |
| 3 | Swedish | tavla | a painting; piece of painted canvas; a picture... |
| 4 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |
via Finnish alkuaine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alkuaine | chemical element, element; elementary substance |
| 2 | Finnish | aine | matter, material, substance; subject, discipline;... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | abniją | That which is made; material; stuff |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *abnijaną | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ōp- | to achieve |