Where does “pöytälaskin” come from?

pöytälaskin (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.

pöytälaskin (Finnish): desktop calculator

Definitions

  1. desktop calculator

Ancestry of “pöytälaskin”, step by step

pöytälaskin 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 laskin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaskincalculator; pocket calculator; First-person...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →
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