Where does “astinlauta” come from?

astinlauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lauta, from Proto-Finnic lauta, from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

astinlauta (Finnish): running board; stepping stone

Definitions

  1. running board; stepping stone

Ancestry of “astinlauta”, step by step

astinlauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlautaA board; An element in many compound words, where...
2Proto-Finniclautaboard, plank; table
3Proto-Baltic*plauˀtá—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Finnish astin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishastinA step; A rung or stave
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá →Every word from Proto-Finnic lauta →