Where does “pöytäsirkkeli” come from?

pöytäsirkkeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish sirkkeli, from Swedish cirkel, from Old Swedish cirkil, from Latin circulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pöytäsirkkeli (Finnish): table saw

Definitions

  1. table saw

Ancestry of “pöytäsirkkeli”, step by step

pöytäsirkkeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sirkkeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsirkkelicircular saw
2Swedishcirkelcircle
3Old Swedishcirkil
4Latincirculuscircle; An orbit; A ring, hoop
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-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 circulus