Where does “avaruuslakana” come from?

avaruuslakana (Finnish) comes from Finnish lakana, from English London, from Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, from Latin Londinium, from Proto-Celtic *Londinyom, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

avaruuslakana (Finnish): space blanket

Definitions

  1. space blanket

Ancestry of “avaruuslakana”, step by step

avaruuslakana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lakana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlakanasheet, bedsheet; any large square or rectangular...
2EnglishLondonSituated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000
3Middle EnglishLondon
4Old EnglishLundenLondon
5LatinLondiniumLondon
6Proto-Celtic*Londinyom
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

via Finnish avaruus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavaruusspace; spaciousness; expanse
2Finnishavaraspacious, roomy
3Proto-Finnicavaraample, spacious
4Proto-Finnic-raForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ-Every word from Proto-Celtic *LondinyomEvery word from Latin Londinium