Where does “kytkintaulu” come from?
kytkintaulu (Finnish) comes from Finnish taulu, from Swedish tavla, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.
kytkintaulu (Finnish): switchboard
Ancestry of “kytkintaulu”, step by step
kytkintaulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taulu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taulu | painting; picture, print etc., especially a... |
| 2 | Swedish | tavla | a painting; piece of painted canvas; a picture... |
| 3 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |
via Finnish kytkin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kytkin | switch; clutch; First-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Finnish | kytkeä | to hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kütkedäk | to bind, to tie |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kütke- | to bind |