Where does “lahjapöytä” come from?

lahjapöytä (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.

lahjapöytä (Finnish): gift table, present table

Definitions

  1. gift table, present table

Ancestry of “lahjapöytä”, step by step

lahjapöytä 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 Lahja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLahjapresent, gift
2Finnishlahjapresent, gift; talent, gift
3Proto-Finniclahjawedding gift
4Proto-Germanicblahwjǭ
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlok-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin mēnsus
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