Where does “kaarnalaiva” come from?

kaarnalaiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish laiva, from Proto-Finnic laiva, from Proto-Finnic lawja, from Proto-Germanic flawją, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

kaarnalaiva (Finnish): A toy ship made from a piece of pine bark

Definitions

  1. A toy ship made from a piece of pine bark

Ancestry of “kaarnalaiva”, step by step

kaarnalaiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaivaship; nave
2Proto-Finniclaivaship
3Proto-Finniclawja—
4Proto-Germanicflawjąship, vessel
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Finnish kaarna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaarnathick, dry and hard bark, such as that of a pine;...
2Proto-Finnickarnatree bark
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →