Where does “pöytärukous” come from?

pöytärukous (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.

pöytärukous (Finnish): grace short prayer of thanks before or after a meal

Definitions

  1. grace short prayer of thanks before or after a meal

Ancestry of “pöytärukous”, step by step

pöytärukous 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 rukous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrukousprayer; rogation
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin mēnsus
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