Where does “tenttikirja” come from?

tenttikirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tentti, from Swedish tentamen, from Latin tentamen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

tenttikirja (Finnish): a book to be studied for an exam

Definitions

  1. a book to be studied for an exam

Ancestry of “tenttikirja”, step by step

tenttikirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tentti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtenttiexamination; Third-person singular indicative...
2Swedishtentamenan examination
3Latintentamenan attempt; a literary attempt: an essay
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin tentamen →