Where does “laskentataulukko” come from?
laskentataulukko (Finnish) comes from Finnish taulukko, from Finnish taulu, from Swedish tavla, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.
laskentataulukko (Finnish): spreadsheet
Ancestry of “laskentataulukko”, step by step
laskentataulukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taulukko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taulukko | table, matrix, grid; array |
| 2 | Finnish | taulu | painting; picture, print etc., especially a... |
| 3 | Swedish | tavla | a painting; piece of painted canvas; a picture... |
| 4 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |
via Finnish laskenta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laskenta | computation, calculation; calculus |
| 2 | Finnish | laskea | to lower, drop; to put down, set down, lay down;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |