Where does “klahvipöytä” come from?

klahvipöytä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöytä, from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

klahvipöytä (Finnish): gateleg table

Definitions

  1. gateleg table

Ancestry of “klahvipöytä”, step by step

klahvipöytä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pöytä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöytätable
2Latinmēnsaa table
3Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish klahvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishklahviA hinged flap or leaf in a piece of furniture,...
2Swedishklaffa leaf; a key; a valve
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →