Where does “tablettitietokone” come from?

tablettitietokone (Finnish) comes from Finnish tabletti, from Swedish tablett, from French tablette, from Old French tablete, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

tablettitietokone (Finnish): tablet computer

Definitions

  1. tablet computer

Ancestry of “tablettitietokone”, step by step

tablettitietokone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tabletti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtablettipill, tablet; place mat; tablet, tablet computer
2Swedishtabletta tablet or pill
3Frenchtablettetablet; bar
4Old Frenchtabletesmall table; a board to be written on; tablet
5Old French-etévariant of -té
6Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
7Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Finnish tietokone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtietokonecomputer
2Finnishtietoknowledge; data; information
3Proto-Finnicteetoknowledge; information
4Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
5Proto-Finnicteeway, road
6Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Old French -etéEvery word from Old French tablete