Where does “kaikuluotain” come from?

kaikuluotain (Finnish) comes from Finnish luotain, from Finnish luodata, from Finnish luoti, from Old Swedish lodh, from Middle Low German lōt, from Old Saxon lōd, from Proto-West Germanic laud — lead.

kaikuluotain (Finnish): A fathometer; A sonar

Definitions

  1. A fathometer; A sonar

Ancestry of “kaikuluotain”, step by step

kaikuluotain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luotain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluotainprobe
2Finnishluodatato plumb, cast, fathom; to sound, fathom; to...
3Finnishluotibullet; plumb bob; unit of measure for weight...
4Old Swedishlodh—
5Middle Low Germanlōt—
6Old Saxonlōd—
7Proto-West Germaniclaudlead

via Finnish kaiku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaikuecho
2Finnishkaikuato echo, reverberate; Partitive singular form...
3Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

Words derived from “kaikuluotain”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic laud →Every word from Old Saxon lōd →Every word from Middle Low German lōt →