Where does “kirjoituspulpetti” come from?
kirjoituspulpetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pulpetti, from Swedish pulpet, from Latin pulpitum, from Latin pulpita, from Old French pulpite.
kirjoituspulpetti (Finnish): (standing) writing desk
Definitions
- (standing) writing desk
Ancestry of “kirjoituspulpetti”, step by step
kirjoituspulpetti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pulpetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pulpetti | school desk; standing desk; control panel |
| 2 | Swedish | pulpet | — |
| 3 | Latin | pulpitum | platform, scaffold, or pulpit for public... |
| 4 | Latin | pulpita | nominative plural of pulpitum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Old French | pulpite | — |
via Finnish kirjoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjoitus | The act of writing; A scripture, writing; An... |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjoittaa | to write; to spell; to take an examination in |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kirjoittadak | to embroider, to decorate with embroidery |