Where does “hakutaulu” come from?
hakutaulu (Finnish) comes from Finnish taulu, from Swedish tavla, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.
hakutaulu (Finnish): lookup table
Ancestry of “hakutaulu”, step by step
hakutaulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish haku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haku | search; applying, application |
| 2 | Finnish | hakea | To retrieve, get, fetch; To search; To apply |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hakedak | to pick; to fetch; to gather, to collect |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sākija- | — |