Where does “katealunen” come from?

katealunen (Finnish) comes from Finnish alunen, from Finnish alus, from Finnish ala, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

katealunen (Finnish): place mat protective table mat for a single setting of plates and dishes

Definitions

  1. place mat protective table mat for a single setting of plates and dishes

Ancestry of “katealunen”, step by step

katealunen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alunen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalunenunderlay
2Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
3Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
4Proto-Finnicalalower; under
5Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish kate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatecovering, roofing
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kat'ëk—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →