Where does “eristyslaitos” come from?
eristyslaitos (Finnish) comes from Finnish laitos, from Finnish laittaa, from Proto-Finnic laittadak, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.
eristyslaitos (Finnish): confinement facility
Definitions
- confinement facility
Ancestry of “eristyslaitos”, step by step
eristyslaitos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laitos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laitos | institution; faculty; facility |
| 2 | Finnish | laittaa | to put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laittadak | to put down |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |
via Finnish eristys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | eristys | isolation; insulation, insulator |
| 2 | Finnish | eristää | to isolate, seclude, sequester; to quarantine; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | eri | different, other, another; different, separate;... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *erei | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | er- | eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,... |