Where does “lattiatasoite” come from?
lattiatasoite (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasoite, from Finnish tasoittaa, from Finnish tasa, from Proto-Finnic tasa, from Proto-Uralic taśa — even.
lattiatasoite (Finnish): floor screed
Ancestry of “lattiatasoite”, step by step
lattiatasoite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tasoite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tasoite | screed, filler, putty material used to flat, level or even something out |
| 2 | Finnish | tasoittaa | to level; to flatten; to even |
| 3 | Finnish | tasa | of equal height; of the same level |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tasa | even |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | taśa | even |
via Finnish lattia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lattia | floor |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | flatją | a level surface; level ground; the floor of a... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | flataz | flat |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plÁt- | — |