Where does “buffettipöytä” come from?

buffettipöytä (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.

buffettipöytä (Finnish): buffet

Definitions

  1. buffet

Ancestry of “buffettipöytä”, step by step

buffettipöytä 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 buffetti

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