Where does “pöytätietokone” come from?

pöytätietokone (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.

pöytätietokone (Finnish): desktop computer, desktop

Definitions

  1. desktop computer, desktop

Ancestry of “pöytätietokone”, step by step

pöytätietokone 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 tietokone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtietokonecomputer
2Finnishtietoknowledge; data; information
3Proto-Finnicteetoknowledge; information
4Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
5Proto-Finnicteeway, road
6Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →