Where does “soittopöytä” come from?
soittopöytä (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.
soittopöytä (Finnish): organ console
Definitions
- organ console
Ancestry of “soittopöytä”, step by step
soittopöytä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pöytä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pöytä | table |
| 2 | Latin | mēnsa | a table |
| 3 | Latin | mēnsus | having measured, estimated |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Finnish soitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitto | music; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell |
| 2 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |