Where does “allastelakka” come from?
allastelakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish telakka, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
allastelakka (Finnish): A dry dock, drydock
Ancestry of “allastelakka”, step by step
allastelakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish telakka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | telakka | shipyard; dockyard; docking station, dock |
| 2 | Finnish | -kkä | Front vowel variant of -kka |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish allas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | allas | pool, swimming pool; tank; basin |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | aldas | trough |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | aldǭ | trough, hollow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Holdʰō(n) | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Holdʰu- | trough, canoe |