Where does “pöydänjalka” come from?

pöydänjalka (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.

pöydänjalka (Finnish): table leg

Definitions

table leg

Ancestry of “pöydänjalka”, step by step

pöydänjalka 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 jalka

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	jalka	foot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2	Proto-Finnic	jalka	leg; foot
3	Proto-Finno-Ugric	jalka	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →