Where does “terassitalo” come from?

terassitalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish terassi, from Swedish terrass, from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin terraceus, from Old Occitan terra, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terassitalo (Finnish): terraced house

Definitions

  1. terraced house

Ancestry of “terassitalo”, step by step

terassitalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish terassi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishterassiA terrace
2Swedishterrassa terrace
3Frenchterrasseterrace; first-person singular imperfect...
4Old Occitanterrassa
5Vulgar Latinterraceus
6Old Occitanterraland
7LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Finnish talo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalohouse; building; farm, homestead
2Ludiantaloifarm; house
3Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
4Proto-Baltictalˀa-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-Every word from Latin TerraEvery word from Old Occitan terra