Where does “jäälautailu” come from?
jäälautailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish lautailu, from Finnish lautailla, from Finnish lauta, from Proto-Finnic lauta, from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
Ancestry of “jäälautailu”, step by step
jäälautailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lautailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lautailu | any hobby or sport where one uses a board; skateboarding, surfboarding, snowboarding, etc. often depends on context |
| 2 | Finnish | lautailla | to skateboard |
| 3 | Finnish | lauta | A board; An element in many compound words, where... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | lauta | board, plank; table |
| 5 | Proto-Baltic | *plauˀtá | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |