Where does “biljardipöytä” come from?

biljardipöytä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöytä, from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

biljardipöytä (Finnish): billiard table, pool table

Definitions

  1. billiard table, pool table

Ancestry of “biljardipöytä”, step by step

biljardipöytä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pöytä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöytätable
2Latinmēnsaa table
3Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish biljardi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbiljardicardinal...
2Swedishbiljardpool, billiards, snooker
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →