Where does “hiilitabletti” come from?

hiilitabletti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tabletti, from Swedish tablett, from French tablette, from Old French tablete, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

hiilitabletti (Finnish): charcoal tablet

Definitions

  1. charcoal tablet

Ancestry of “hiilitabletti”, step by step

hiilitabletti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tabletti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtablettipill, tablet; place mat; tablet, tablet computer
2Swedishtabletta tablet or pill
3Frenchtablettetablet; bar
4Old Frenchtabletesmall table; a board to be written on; tablet
5Old French-etévariant of -té
6Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
7Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Finnish hiili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiilicoal; charcoal; carbon
2Proto-Finnichiilicharcoal; ember
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós