Where does “patenttikirja” come from?

patenttikirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish patentti, from Swedish patent, from French patente, from Latin patēns, from Latin pateō, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.

patenttikirja (Finnish): patent certificate

Definitions

  1. patent certificate

Ancestry of “patenttikirja”, step by step

patenttikirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish patentti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpatenttipatent
2Swedishpatentpatent
3Frenchpatentepatent
4Latinpatēnsbeing opening; open
5Latinpateōto be open, accessible, attainable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- →