Where does “lattiatila” come from?
lattiatila (Finnish) comes from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
lattiatila (Finnish): floor space
Ancestry of “lattiatila”, step by step
lattiatila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tila | state; condition; Short for maatila |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
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- | — |