Where does “mallipohja” come from?

mallipohja (Finnish) comes from Finnish malli, from Swedish mall, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

mallipohja (Finnish): (document) template

Definitions

  1. (document) template

Ancestry of “mallipohja”, step by step

mallipohja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish malli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmallimodel, template; model, mannequin; example, a...
2Swedishmalla template
3Dutchmalmold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense
4Old Frenchmole
5Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus