Where does “pöytämallinen” come from?

pöytämallinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish malli, from Swedish mall, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pöytämallinen (Finnish): compact

Definitions

  1. compact

Ancestry of “pöytämallinen”, step by step

pöytämallinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish malli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmallimodel, template; model, mannequin; example, a...
2Swedishmalla template
3Dutchmalmold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense
4Old Frenchmole
5Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

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 -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus
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