Where does “pöytävalaisin” come from?

pöytävalaisin (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.

pöytävalaisin (Finnish): table lamp

Definitions

  1. table lamp

Ancestry of “pöytävalaisin”, step by step

pöytävalaisin 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 valaisin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalaisinlight fixture, luminaire, light fitting, lighting...
2Finnishvalaistato light, illuminate; to shed light on,...
3Finnishvalolight
4Proto-Finnicvalolight visible radiation
5Proto-Finno-Ugricwaĺɜ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →