Where does “V-laakso” come from?

V-laakso (Finnish) comes from Finnish Laakso, from Finnish laakso, from Proto-Finnic lakso — (wet) valley, depression.

V-laakso (Finnish): A V-shaped valley

Definitions

  1. A V-shaped valley

Ancestry of “V-laakso”, step by step

V-laakso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Laakso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLaaksoAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnishlaaksovalley
3Proto-Finniclakso(wet) valley, depression

via Finnish V

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVdescriptive of the position of the skis when the...
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