Where does “lahti laskma” come from?

lahti laskma (Estonian) comes from Estonian laskma, from Proto-Finnic laskedak, from Proto-Uralic laćke-.

lahti laskma (Estonian): to release, to let go; to fire, to dehire

Definitions

  1. to release, to let go; to fire, to dehire

Ancestry of “lahti laskma”, step by step

lahti laskma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian laskma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlaskmato let, to allow; to fire, to shoot; to lower
2Proto-Finniclaskedakto drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow
3Proto-Uraliclaćke-—

via Estonian lahti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlahtiopen; apart, loose, off; rid
Every word from Proto-Uralic laćke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic laskedak →Every word from Estonian laskma →