Where does “totuustaulukko” come from?
totuustaulukko (Finnish) comes from Finnish taulukko, from Finnish taulu, from Swedish tavla, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.
Ancestry of “totuustaulukko”, step by step
totuustaulukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taulukko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taulukko | table, matrix, grid; array |
| 2 | Finnish | taulu | painting; picture, print etc., especially a... |
| 3 | Swedish | tavla | a painting; piece of painted canvas; a picture... |
| 4 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |
via Finnish totuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | totuus | truth |
| 2 | Finnish | tosi | truth, reality, real thing; real-life; true |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | toci | truth |