Where does “pöytäkeskustelu” come from?
pöytäkeskustelu (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.
pöytäkeskustelu (Finnish): table talk, dinner table talk
Definitions
- table talk, dinner table talk
Ancestry of “pöytäkeskustelu”, step by step
pöytäkeskustelu 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 keskustelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keskustelu | conversation, discussion, talk |
| 2 | Finnish | keskustella | To discuss, talk about/over, converse on; To... |
| 3 | Finnish | keskus | centre/center |
| 4 | Finnish | Keski- | middle, central; average, mid-, medium |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | keski | middle, center |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Permic | keske | — |