Where does “pöytähopeat” come from?

pöytähopeat (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.

pöytähopeat (Finnish): cutlery made out of silver, silverware

Definitions

  1. cutlery made out of silver, silverware

Ancestry of “pöytähopeat”, step by step

pöytähopeat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pöytä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöytätable
2Latinmēnsaa table
3Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish hopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeasilver
2Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
3Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →