Where does “lause” come from?

lause (Estonian) comes from Estonian lausuma, from Finnish lausua, from Proto-Finnic lausudak — to say.

lause (Estonian): sentence; clause; phrase

Definitions

  1. sentence; clause; phrase

Ancestry of “lause”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlausuma—
2Finnishlausuato say, speak, utter, pronounce; to pronounce,...
3Proto-Finniclausudakto say
Every word from Proto-Finnic lausudak →Every word from Finnish lausua →Every word from Estonian lausuma →