Where does “kulmapöytä” come from?
kulmapöytä (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.
kulmapöytä (Finnish): corner table
Definitions
- corner table
Ancestry of “kulmapöytä”, step by step
kulmapöytä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pöytä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pöytä | table |
| 2 | Latin | mēnsa | a table |
| 3 | Latin | mēnsus | having measured, estimated |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Finnish kuľma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuľma | corner external point where two converging lines meet |