Where does “teetarjotin” come from?

teetarjotin (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarjotin, from Navajo -TIN, from Proto-Athabaskan tən, from Persian تن, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus — power.

teetarjotin (Finnish): tea tray

Definitions

  1. tea tray

Ancestry of “teetarjotin”, step by step

teetarjotin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarjotin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarjotintray, platter
2Navajo-TINto freeze
3Proto-Athabaskantənice, frost
4Persianتنbody; person; tonne
5EnglishtonA unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000...
6FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
7Old Frenchtonyour
8Latintuusyour
9Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
10Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
11Polishtuhere
12Polishbyćto be
13Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
14Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
15Proto-Slavicmoťьpower

via Finnish tee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteetea; tea, cup of tea; The name of the...
2Swedishtetea; to appear
3Germanteetea drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of
4EnglishteeThe name of the Latin-script letter T; Something...
5Middle Englishteen
6Old Englishtēonto drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to...
7Old Englishtēohan
8Proto-West Germanicteuhanto pull; to lead
9Proto-Germanicteuhanąto lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag
10Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead
Every word from Proto-Slavic moťьEvery word from Old Polish mócEvery word from Polish móc