Where does “päätylauta” come from?

päätylauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish pääty, from Finnish päätyä, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from Spanish tú, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz — to be able.

päätylauta (Finnish): bargeboard, fascia board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to protect and hide other timbers

Definitions

  1. bargeboard, fascia board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to protect and hide other timbers

Ancestry of “päätylauta”, step by step

päätylauta 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
5Spanishyou; thou
6Latintuusyour
7Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
8Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
9Polishtuhere
10Polishbyćto be
11Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
12Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
13Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

via Finnish lauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlautaA board; An element in many compound words, where...
2Proto-Finniclautaboard, plank; table
3Proto-Baltic*plauˀtá
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtisEvery word from Proto-Slavic moťь