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Where does “pöytye” come from?

pöytye (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.

pöytye (Finnish): Group of people around one table

Definitions

  1. Group of people around one table

Ancestry of “pöytye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöytätable
2Latinmēnsa—
3Latinmēnsus—
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 -tus →