Where does “kääntöpenkki” come from?

kääntöpenkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish penkki, from Old Swedish bænker, from Old Norse benkr, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

kääntöpenkki (Finnish): drop-down or fold-down bench

Definitions

  1. drop-down or fold-down bench

Ancestry of “kääntöpenkki”, step by step

kääntöpenkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish penkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpenkkibench; plant bed
2Old Swedishbænkerbench
3Old Norsebenkr—
4Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

via Finnish kääntö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääntöturn; yaw
2Finnishkääntääto turn; "~ ympäri": to tip, turn over, upend; to...
3Proto-Finnickantadakto carry
4Proto-Uralickanta-to carry, to transport
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Old Norse benkr →