Where does “päätykolmio” come from?

päätykolmio (Finnish) comes from Finnish pääty, from Finnish päätyä, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

päätykolmio (Finnish): gable triangular area at the peak of an external wall

Definitions

  1. gable triangular area at the peak of an external wall

Ancestry of “päätykolmio”, step by step

päätykolmio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pääty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäätyend; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Finnishpäätyäto end up (somewhere) arrive at a destination, either physical or abstract
3Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
4Idotuyou singular, thou
5EnglishthouNominative singular of ye; To address using the...
6EnglishthousandA numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10
7Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
8Old Englishþūsendthousand
9Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
10Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
11Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
12Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Finnish kolmio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmiotriangle; three-room apartment; give way sign,...
2Finnishkolmethree
3Finnishkolmitri-
4Proto-Uralic*kolme—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Finnish -tua →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →