Where does “lopputentti” come from?
lopputentti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tentti, from Swedish tentamen, from Latin tentamen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
lopputentti (Finnish): final exam, final examination
Definitions
- final exam, final examination
Ancestry of “lopputentti”, step by step
lopputentti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tentti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tentti | examination; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Swedish | tentamen | an examination |
| 3 | Latin | tentamen | an attempt; a literary attempt: an essay |
| 4 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
via Finnish loppu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | loppu | end, ending, finish, conclusion; The End; the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | loppu | end, ending |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | loppi | (inside) corner |