Where does “sauvaparketti” come from?

sauvaparketti (Finnish) comes from Finnish parketti, from French parquet, from French -et, from Middle French -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

sauvaparketti (Finnish): slatted parquet, strip parquet, often a herringbone parquet

Definitions

  1. slatted parquet, strip parquet, often a herringbone parquet

Ancestry of “sauvaparketti”, step by step

sauvaparketti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish parketti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparkettiparquet
2Frenchparquetparquet; the prosecution
3French-etsuffix indicating diminution or affection
4Middle French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun
5Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
6Latin-ātused
7Proto-Italic-ātos
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Finnish sauva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsauvawand, staff, stick, rod; ski pole; rod cell
2Proto-Finnicsauvastaff, stick
3Proto-Finno-Ugricśawŋa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from French -et
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