Where does “etäisyystaulu” come from?
etäisyystaulu (Finnish) comes from Finnish etäisyys, from Finnish etäinen, from Finnish etä-, from Proto-Finnic etä, from Proto-Finno-Permic ečkä.
etäisyystaulu (Finnish): (roadside) distance sign
Ancestry of “etäisyystaulu”, step by step
etäisyystaulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish etäisyys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | etäisyys | distance |
| 2 | Finnish | etäinen | remote, distant, far |
| 3 | Finnish | etä- | distant, remote, long-distance, far-off |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | etä | far, distant |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | ečkä | — |
via Finnish taulu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taulu | painting; picture, print etc., especially a... |
| 2 | Swedish | tavla | a painting; piece of painted canvas; a picture... |
| 3 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |