Where does “buffetpöytä” come from?

buffetpöytä (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.

buffetpöytä (Finnish): buffet table

Definitions

  1. buffet table

Ancestry of “buffetpöytä”, step by step

buffetpöytä 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 buffet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbuffetbuffet
2Frenchbuffetsideboard, dresser; buffet
3Middle Frenchbufet—
4Old Frenchbufet—
5Old Frenchbuffeblow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →