Where does “katelaatta” come from?

katelaatta (Finnish) comes from Finnish laatta, from Old Swedish plata.

katelaatta (Finnish): abacus

Definitions

  1. abacus

Ancestry of “katelaatta”, step by step

katelaatta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laatta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaattaslab; tile; flagstone
2Old Swedishplata—

via Finnish kate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatecovering, roofing
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kat'ëk—
Every word from Old Swedish plata →
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