Where does “honkalauta” come from?

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

honkalauta (Finnish): pine board

Definitions

  1. pine board

Ancestry of “honkalauta”, step by step

honkalauta 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 honka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhonkaA large pine tree with a straight trunk
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá →Every word from Proto-Finnic lauta →