Where does “jalalaba” come from?

jalalaba (Estonian) comes from Estonian laba, from Proto-Finnic lapa, from Proto-Uralic lapa — blade.

jalalaba (Estonian): metatarsus

Definitions

  1. metatarsus

Ancestry of “jalalaba”, step by step

jalalaba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian laba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlabablade
2Proto-Finniclapablade
3Proto-Uraliclapablade

via Estonian jälg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianjälgtrail, track; trace, mark
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic lapa →Every word from Proto-Finnic lapa →Every word from Estonian laba →