Where does “pöytälätkä” come from?

pöytälätkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lätkä, from Finnish lätkiä, from Finnish -iä, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

pöytälätkä (Finnish): table hockey

Definitions

  1. table hockey

Ancestry of “pöytälätkä”, step by step

pöytälätkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lätkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlätkäany relatively flat and small object
2FinnishlätkiäPartitive plural form of lätkä; To slap
3Finnish-iäy forms abstract nouns from Latin or Greek roots
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ia →Every word from Latin -ius →