Where does “pääsiäispöytä” come from?
pääsiäispöytä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöytä, from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
pääsiäispöytä (Finnish): Easter table; a table decorated for an Easter dinner
Definitions
- Easter table; a table decorated for an Easter dinner
Ancestry of “pääsiäispöytä”, step by step
pääsiäispöytä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pöytä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pöytä | table |
| 2 | Latin | mēnsa | a table |
| 3 | Latin | mēnsus | having measured, estimated |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Finnish pääsiäinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pääsiäinen | Easter |
| 2 | Finnish | päästä | to get to, reach, arrive at/in; to get to go, be... |
| 3 | Finnish | pää | head; end, tip |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pää | head |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |