Where does “lasteaed” come from?

lasteaed (Estonian) comes from Estonian laps, from Proto-Finnic lapci, from Proto-Uralic lëpće — cradle.

lasteaed (Estonian): kindergarten, playschool, nursery school

Definitions

  1. kindergarten, playschool, nursery school

Ancestry of “lasteaed”, step by step

lasteaed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian laps

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlapschild; someone's child
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle

via Estonian aed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianaedgarden
2Proto-Finnicaitafence; garden?

Words derived from “lasteaed”

Every word from Proto-Uralic lëpće →Every word from Proto-Finnic lapci →Every word from Estonian laps →