Where does “lause” come from?
lause (Estonian) comes from Estonian lausuma, from Finnish lausua, from Proto-Finnic lausudak.
lause (Estonian): sentence; clause; phrase
Ancestry of “lause”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | lausuma | — |
| 2 | Finnish | lausua | to say, speak, utter, pronounce; to pronounce,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lausudak | — |