Where does “käpälälauta” come from?

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

käpälälauta (Finnish): A type of traditional trap used in hunting wolf...

Definitions

  1. A type of traditional trap used in hunting wolf...

Ancestry of “käpälälauta”, step by step

käpälälauta 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 käpälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpäläpaw
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*käpälä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá →Every word from Proto-Finnic lauta →