Where does “pöytälaatikkokirjailija” come from?
pöytälaatikkokirjailija (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöytälaatikko, 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.
pöytälaatikkokirjailija (Finnish): unpublished author, unpublished writer; an author who has no intention to publish the books they have written
Definitions
- unpublished author, unpublished writer; an author who has no intention to publish the books they have written
Ancestry of “pöytälaatikkokirjailija”, step by step
pöytälaatikkokirjailija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pöytälaatikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pöytälaatikko | drawer, desk drawer |
| 2 | Finnish | pöytä | table |
| 3 | Latin | mēnsa | a table |
| 4 | Latin | mēnsus | having measured, estimated |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Finnish kirjailija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjailija | author, writer |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjailla | to embroider; to write a book or books |
| 3 | Finnish | kirjata | to book, log, register; to register |
| 4 | Finnish | kirja | book; quire |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kirja | decoration, carving, pattern |