Where does “lahe” come from?

lahe (Estonian) comes from Estonian laht, from Proto-Finnic lakci, from Proto-Finnic lakti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lankti-.

lahe (Estonian): cool, awesome

Definitions

  1. cool, awesome

Ancestry of “lahe”, step by step

lahe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian laht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlahtbay; gulf
2Proto-Finniclakcibay, gulf
3Proto-Finniclakti—
4Proto-Balto-Slaviclankti-—

via Estonian lahknema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlahknema—

Words derived from “lahe”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lankti- →Every word from Proto-Finnic lakti →Every word from Proto-Finnic lakci →