Where does “täytepohja” come from?

täytepohja (Finnish) comes from Finnish täyte, from Finnish täyttää, from Proto-Finnic täüttädäk, from Proto-Finnic täüci, from Proto-Uralic täwde — full.

täytepohja (Finnish): suspended floor (construction), double floor (construction) a floor structure, often as the lowest floor in a building, in which there is an empty space filled with insulation below the floor

Definitions

  1. suspended floor (construction), double floor (construction) a floor structure, often as the lowest floor in a building, in which there is an empty space filled with insulation below the floor

Ancestry of “täytepohja”, step by step

täytepohja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish täyte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäytefilling; fill; batt, batting
2Finnishtäyttääto fill, fill up, fill in, stuff; to stuff; to...
3Proto-Finnictäüttädäkto fill, to fill up, to make full
4Proto-Finnictäücifull
5Proto-Uralictäwdefull

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—
Every word from Proto-Uralic täwde →Every word from Proto-Finnic täüci →Every word from Proto-Finnic täüttädäk →